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“Why Republicans Are on the Verge of Fistfights” Can’t we all just get along? (www.politico.com)

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This is not opinion or leftist. It’s news about fighting in the party, which is factual, recent, and on-topic.

Removal of this post is admitting that this sub is only about being a safe space for conservatives to circle-jerk while ignoring reality.

I encourage a discussion about the recent conflicts inside the party, how that might impact the party moving forward, and what can be done to prevent this divide.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The parties never switched. That’s a myth.

The Democrats started both the kkk and slavery.

The Republican Party was built on anti slavery.

https://areomagazine.com/2019/04/03/the-party-switch-myth/

https://www.idahostatejournal.com/freeaccess/opinion-the-great-party-switch-myth/article_e887152c-4bdc-11ed-9ad0-e701c65f7cbd.html

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The parties never switched. That’s a myth.

It objectively is not a myth.

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/07/14/331298996/why-did-black-voters-flee-the-republican-party-in-the-1960s

https://www.studentsofhistory.com/ideologies-flip-Democratic-Republican-parties

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why were many of the democrats that voted against the civil rights acts still representing the house and Senate in the 80’s and 90’s?

Why did renouned member of the KKK Robert Byrd serve until his death in 2010?

Why was segregationist Joe Biden chosen as as a democrat nominee for the presidential election?

Because the switch wasn't instantaneous, nor affiliation/group based. Individuals themselves changed their thoughts and party affiliation, not just party affiliation.

When ever you claim the parties switched you’ll find racists democrats still representing the party.

The KKK literally, currently supports GOP candidates. Trump was caught doing housing segregation. The GOP regularly gerrymanders to reduce the power of black voters. The GOP regularly shuts down voting places in black neighborhoods to keep voting lines long. White nationalists are waving the flag of Trump.

The democratic party is a shit show. But the GOP is a god damn dumpster fire. Our political system regularly elects racist old men, on both sides. What did you expect?

At least on my side of the line there ain't white nationalists. That's plenty for me.

PRRI also asked respondents whether they believed that, “It always makes the country better when all Americans speak up and protest unfair treatment by government.” Then, it asked the same question, but substituted “Black Americans” for “all Americans.” Democrats made no distinction between the two questions: 71 percent answered Yes to both. Among Republicans, however, 49 percent believed it made the country better when all Americans spoke up and protested unfair governmental treatment, but just 24 percent believed it when Black Americans spoke up and protested. Among Republicans whose most trusted news source is Fox News, the gap was 47 percent Yes for all Americans, and a bare 10 percent for Blacks.

https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/how-racist-are-republicans-very/

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-american-prospect/

But somehow democrats are the ones that are racist.