Originally Posted by
ThatOwlWoman
Ah, the tried and false "Democrats are racist and Klan members" canard. Fail.
George Wallace was a (D). He was also a world-class racist. When (D) Presidents forcibly integrated Southern schools, and Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Southern Dems deserted the party and fled into the willing arms of the (R)s... who were and remain just as racist as the former (D)s, if not even more so. And that is where the South has remained for almost five decades now.
One thing that made the (R)s more attractive over time to those folks.... their switch from supporters of publicly-funded science, technology, and higher education (esp. in the STEM fields) to what you see in that party today. Spiro Agnewesque slurs against the "elites". Attacks on universities as "liberal nests". The cozying up to Xtian evangelicals who want the Bible, prayers, and their religion as part of public school daily life.
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