Whenever someone pulls out the “dEmOcRaTs WeRe ThE cOnFeDeRaTeS” argument, you know they’re either dumb as fuck or arguing entirely in bad faith. Like bro the parties switched in the 1960s it’s just names at this point.

[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Saying the parties "switched" is a large oversimplification. But yes, as the Democrats became anti segregation, it had dissatisfied white, racist, voters in the south. Of which Republicans, were all too happy to cater to, thus the "switch".

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

1964 Civil Rights Act Senate Version Ayes	Democrats	Republicans
House	153 of 244 (63%)	136 of 171 (80%)
Senate	46 of 67 (69%)	27 of 33 (82%)

1964 Civil Rights Act Senate Version Ayes	Union	Confederacy
House	281 of 313 (90%)	8 of 102 (8%)
Senate	72 of 78 (92%)	1 of 22 (5%)

1964 Civil Rights Act Senate Version Ayes	Dem/Union	Rep/Union	Dem/Confed	Rep/Confed
House	145 of 152 (95%)	136 of 161 (85%)	8 of 91 (9%)	0 of 11 (0%)
Senate	45 of 46 (98%)	27 of 32 (84%)	1 of 21 (5%)	0 of 1 (0%)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/28/republicans-party-of-civil-rights

All I'm sayin'

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Have you ever wondered why they switched? It's kind of weird. Right?

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago

Cause LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act.