Why did the Democratic and Republican parties switch platforms?

[AProudLefty]

RAAA.
RQAA.

So that's it?

Well I hope someone else will be able to point out the errors in my OP.

[gfm7175]

The fact that “nightingale” leaves out is that these are CONSERVATIVE Democrats who he attributes all the race hating to,

No, they were Demonkkkrats, belonging to the Demonkkkrat Party. There's no "conservative" involved here.

does he think Lincoln’s GOP were referee to as the Radical Republicans cause they were conservative

???? Try English next time... I have no idea what you're trying to ask me.

[gfm7175]

So that's it?

Well I hope someone else will be able to point out the errors in my OP.

Already did. RQAA.

[AProudLefty]

No, they were Demonkkkrats, belonging to the Demonkkkrat Party. There's no "conservative" involved here.


???? Try English next time... I have no idea what you're trying to ask me.

A Republican/Democrat can be conservative, independent or liberal.

BTW, Lincoln was very racist.

[AProudLefty]

Already did. RQAA.

Nope you didn't.

[gfm7175]

A Republican/Democrat can be conservative, independent or liberal.

And here we go again with the pivoting... We're not talking about conservatives, independents, or liberals... We are talking about the history of both the Republican Party and the Demonkkkrat Party, specifically your claim that those parties "switched platforms" at some unspecified point in time. I have already told you (see post #3) why that claim which you regurgitated from livescience and Wikipedia is completely and utterly erroneous.

BTW, Lincoln was very racist.

[AProudLefty]

And here we go again with the pivoting... We're not talking about conservatives, independents, or liberals... We are talking about the history of both the Republican Party and the Demonkkkrat Party, specifically your claim that those parties "switched platforms" at some unspecified point in time. I have already told you (see post #3) why that claim which you regurgitated from livescience and Wikipedia is completely and utterly erroneous.

You do not know what "platform" means?

I wouldn't laugh if I were you since you have no clue what "platform" means.

[gfm7175]

You do not know what "platform" means?

I wouldn't laugh if I were you since you have no clue what "platform" means.

You do not know what "genetic fallacy" means?

I wouldn't laugh if I were you since you have no clue what "genetic fallacy" means.

[AProudLefty]

You do not know what "genetic fallacy" means?

I wouldn't laugh if I were you since you have no clue what "genetic fallacy" means.

Genetic Fallacy
(also known as: fallacy of origins, fallacy of virtue)

Description: Basing the truth claim of an argument on the origin of its claims or premises.

Logical Form:

The origin of the claim is presented.

Therefore, the claim is true/false.

[gfm7175]

Genetic Fallacy
(also known as: fallacy of origins, fallacy of virtue)

Description: Basing the truth claim of an argument on the origin of its claims or premises.

Logical Form:

The origin of the claim is presented.

Therefore, the claim is true/false.

Nice cut and paste there!

You obviously don't even understand what that cut and pasted definition means if you think that I did that in this thread.

[AProudLefty]

Nice cut and paste there!

You obviously don't even understand what that cut and pasted definition means if you think that I did that in this thread.

It's quite simple. You dismissed the sources as false. Why is that hard for you to understand?

BTW, I created a new thread about genetic fallacy. You are welcome to participate.

[MAGA MAN]

Why did the Democratic and Republican parties switch platforms?

They didn't. The DNC just switched tactics on how best to destroy black families. Blacks progressed well after slavery until LBJ came along, and they've been poorer, less educated and more prone to single parent homes every year since. Robert Byrd had no effect on blacks while he was a leader in the KKK, but as a senator he kept millions of blacks poor and made his former KKK buddies proud.

[AProudLefty]

They didn't. The DNC just switched tactics on how best to destroy black families. Blacks progressed well after slavery until LBJ came along, and they've been poorer, less educated and more prone to single parent homes every year since. Robert Byrd had no effect on blacks while he was a leader in the KKK, but as a senator he kept millions of blacks poor and made his former KKK buddies proud.

You don't think the War on Drugs had anything to do with it?

[Geeko Sportivo]

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. President and a Republican (left), and Franklin Roosevelt, the 32nd U.S. President and a Democrat. The Republican and Democratic parties effectively switched platforms between their presidencies. (Image credit: Public domain)


The Republican and Democratic parties of the United States didn't always stand for what they do today.

During the 1860s, Republicans, who dominated northern states, orchestrated an ambitious expansion of federal power, helping to fund the transcontinental railroad, the state university system and the settlement of the West by homesteaders, and instating a national currency and protective tariff. Democrats, who dominated the South, opposed those measures.

After the Civil War, Republicans passed laws that granted protections for Black Americans and advanced social justice. And again, Democrats largely opposed these apparent expansions of federal power.

Sound like an alternate universe? Fast forward to 1936.

Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt won reelection that year on the strength of the New Deal, a set of Depression-remedying reforms including regulation of financial institutions, the founding of welfare and pension programs, infrastructure development and more. Roosevelt won in a landslide against Republican Alf Landon, who opposed these exercises of federal power.

So, sometime between the 1860s and 1936, the (Democratic) party of small government became the party of big government, and the (Republican) party of big government became rhetorically committed to curbing federal power.

Eric Rauchway, professor of American history at the University of California, Davis, pins the transition to the turn of the 20th century, when a highly influential Democrat named William Jennings Bryan blurred party lines by emphasizing the government's role in ensuring social justice through expansions of federal power — traditionally, a Republican stance.

But Republicans didn't immediately adopt the opposite position of favoring limited government.

Read more at https://www.livescience.com/34241-de...platforms.html

Because Republicans have lost their way! Trump has most of them all side-tracked, hi-jacked, and brainwashed!

The question is- Will they ever find their way again with the VOTING MAJORITY!

At present state- that is not likely!

[gfm7175]

It's quite simple. You dismissed the sources as false. Why is that hard for you to understand?

I dismissed your sources (with prejudice) as sources that I do not accept. I still addressed your claim itself and explained why it is incorrect.

No Genetic Fallacy was committed.