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The KKK was a Confederate creation, not a Democratic one. Know your history.

The KKK was a Confederate creation, not a Democratic one. Know your history. | DEMOCRATS OF THE PAST... REPUBLICANS OF THE PRESENT. IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAD THIS CONFEDERATE INSTITUTION IN THEIR HISTORY.
IT'S WORSE THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE ALLOWING THE KLAN TO REPEAT IT. | image tagged in kkk,southern strategy,party switch,history,domestic terror,objective facts | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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4 ups, 4y,
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Is there a point you’re trying to make with this?
1 up, 4y,
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Yes. Popular falsehoods perpetuated by the alt-right and neoconservatives is that the party switch never happened and that the democrats invented the KKK. The democratic party around the time of the civil war was divided into the northern democrats (center-left) and the southern democrats or "dixiecrats" (far right). The republicans of the time were the left-wing party based on their progressive ideals. It was the Confederacy that formed the KKK, and those that gravitated to the Klan happened to be the dixiecrats.

The schism in the Democratic party between the center-left Northern dems and the far-right dixiecrats persisted long after the Civil War. With the passage of the civil rights act by a democratic administration, the dixiecrats left the democratic party for the other major party, the Republicans, and took their white supremacist poison with them. This drove the liberal elements of the Republican party (the ones which held to the values of the “party of Lincoln”) to the major party which held to those values, the northern Democrats.

The KKK aligns with the right-wing party which best matches their ideals, and that, today, is the Republican party. Not all members of the GOP are klansmen, but they now have this poison in their ranks.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2017/02/02/texas-students-salute-trump-yell-heil-hitler-during-senior-photos/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G24Giil9FUM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o6-bi3jlxk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i1bGq4zfzw
3 ups, 4y,
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I didn’t need a history lesson. If you want to spend your time blaming the KKK on the republicans, you’re free to do so, but it seems pointless to me. I also don’t agree with the idea that the Democratic Party started the KKK. Neither party started or is currently responsible for the actions of the KKK. Pointing fingers over something that no one can control is how we don’t get stuff done.
1 up, 4y,
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I wasn't blaming the KKK on the republicans. I was pointing out facts which refute a commonly perpetuated falsehood. We cannot whitewash history, and we must not let the actions of a few high-profile white supremacists and fascists perpetuate a stereotype onto the rest of the party. Many Republicans are opposed to this monstrosity.

That said, you are absolutely right, we can't simply point fingers. But we have to understand the root of the problem and deal with it without spilling the problem over onto others who aren't part of it.
1 up, 4y
Agreed.
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Almost, but not exactly.

The Dixiecrats were a 1948 splinter group in response to Truman introducing a plank in the DNC to desegregate the military, etc.

There were no Democrats in the Confederacy.

The KKK was not formed by the Confederacy, but in December after the war ended.
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0 ups, 4y
It happens.
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3 ups, 4y
Shut up and delete yourself already, loser.
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1 up, 4y
How are objective facts and actual verified US history "Propaganda?" How about some evidence of modern white supremacy with clear indications as to who they support?
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2017/02/02/texas-students-salute-trump-yell-heil-hitler-during-senior-photos/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G24Giil9FUM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o6-bi3jlxk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i1bGq4zfzw
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