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The political parties never "switched sides" Democrats simply learned it was more profitable to buy votes with handouts.

The political parties never "switched sides" Democrats simply learned it was more profitable to buy votes with handouts. | IF THE REPUBLICAN & DEMOCRAT PARTIES "SWITCHED SIDES" AS A RESULT OF DEMOCRAT'S DEVELOPING IMPROVED RACE RELATIONS & REPUBLICANS BECOMING RACISTS TOWARDS BLACKS - LIKE DEMOCRATS OFTEN CLAIM; WHY IS IT THAT BLACKS STARTED TO VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOR OF DEMOCRATS DURING THE 30S UNDER FDR'S NEW DEAL BENEFITS; PROGRAMS - NOT DURING THE 60S CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION ERA, WHICH MORE REPUBLICANS SUPPORTED THAN DID DEMOCRATS? | image tagged in southern strategy,party switch,democrats,racism,civil rights,george floyd | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

by CentralNYGuy

3,128 views, 7 upvotes, 1 comment

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

by SilverwolfMD

6,064 views, 9 upvotes, 12 comments

From the architect of Nixon White House Southern Strategy

From the architect of Nixon White House Southern Strategy | Remember, kids. GOP “Southern Strategy” is only a myth. 😉 | image tagged in southern strategy,nixon,conservative logic,republican party,gop,racism | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

by TriggeringConservatives

315 views, 4 upvotes, 2 comments

Your PragerU BS will not save you here.

Your PragerU BS will not save you here. | State's rights Dixiecrat and segregationist Strom Thurmond joins the GOP in 1964 and is welcomed by Barry Goldwater; "The parties never switched sides"; John Ehrlichman identifies "blacks and hippies" as political enemies of the Nixon administration, helps launch the drug war against them; Democrats become the party of civil rights, Republicans the party of state's rights, and former Democrats/Dixiecrats run as Republicans; In 1980 Ronald Reagan uses state's rights dog whistle at campaign rally just 7 miles away from the infamous Freedom Summer murders; In a 1981 interview Republican strategist Lee Atwater talks about southern strategy in appealing to racists by using dog whistles like "state's rights"; RNC chairman Ken Mehlman apologizes to the NAACP in 2005 for GOP southern strategy | image tagged in spongebob hmmm meme,southern strategy,racism,kkk,democrats,republicans | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

by TriggeringConservatives

612 views, 3 upvotes, 1 comment

Dems are also not the ones getting butthurt over losing confederate monuments.

Dems are also not the ones getting butthurt over losing confederate monuments. | Democrats created the KKK. Republicans ended slavery. Yeah, and now republican lawmakers want to push school curriculums that teach how black people benefitted from slavery. Times change. | image tagged in racism,npc meme,republicans,southern strategy,ron desantis,slavery | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

by anonymous

1,133 views, 2 upvotes, 11 comments