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Radical Democrats showing their true colors

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by OddsOn, Mar 25, 2010.

  1. GladiatoRowdy

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    Iraqi <> "Leftist"
     
  2. DonnyMost

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    Yeah I know, but still, knowing these guys' logic, I wouldn't be surprised if they lumped them together anyway.
     
  3. OddsOn

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    I am sure I don't have to tell you guys this but its pretty common knowledge that many of the radical violent groups in US history were left wing democrats.

    One of my favorites is.......wait for it.........the Klu Klux Klan, who were made up of mostly white, southern democrats. But lets not confuse people with the facts.

    And while we are on the topic of southern democrats lets talke about racisim. Did you know that it was the southern democrats who were......wait for it.....against freeing the black slaves?

    I eagerly await yoru frenzied responses... :cool:
     
  4. Rocketman95

    Rocketman95 Hangout Boy

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    just when i think you can't get any dumber...
     
  5. DonnyMost

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    No apologies for this one.

    You are an idiot.
     
  6. FranchiseBlade

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    You don't have a point. The Democrats lost the south when LBJ (Democrat) pushed civil rights.

    We can talk about the present, or left vs. right if you would rather. If you would like some retroactive outrage at the pre 1960 Democrats you got it. They were on the wrong side of civil rights. They behaved in racist ways.

    I didn't realize that people had to have 50 year old outrage in order to be outraged about current racism and extermism.
     
  7. BigBenito

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    I can't facepalm enough
     
  8. mc mark

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    It's okay Donny, the dinosaurs are slowly dying off.
     
  9. vlaurelio

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    Oddson, who would you rather be?

    Someone cheering after a historic bill is signed?

    Or someone calling a black congressman / former civil rights leader a N*****?
     
  10. mc mark

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    I think we all know the answer to that
     
  11. surrender

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    POLITICAL PARTIES NEVER REALIGNED
     
  12. DonnyMost

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    The enemy is not republicans, conservatives, the tea party, or even racists/bigots.

    The enemy, as OddsOn has so clearly shown, is ignorance.
     
  13. rimrocker

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    You are literally correct in a general sense. However, you miss the fact that it was a period of time when Repubs were often more Liberal and Dems more Conservative. For instance, there is no way Teddy Roosevelt would be a Republican today. Again (we go through this elementary school history lesson so often here that it's becoming pathetic) conservative Dems left the party over civil rights and Repubs opened their arms and welcomed them into their bosom. The people running the Republican Party now are the same people that opposed civil rights and supported the Klan back in the day. The only difference is that they are now called Republicans instead of Southern democrats.

    (I recognize this is a simplistic post, but who wants to teach an intentionally ignorant person about the Civil War, reconstruction, Jim Crow, The Progressive Movement, the New Deal, and the Civil Rights era?)
     
  14. basso

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    what was the party breakdown on passage of the civil rights act?
     
  15. Dan B.

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    What year was it passed?
     
  16. professorjay

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    T-T-T-T-T-TOPIC CHANGER!

    (That's supposed to be a Killer Instinct reference FYI)
     
  17. Depressio

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    C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!
     
  18. FranchiseBlade

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    What was the party break down on the change of subject in this thread?
     
  19. vlaurelio

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    PRO-NI***** SHOUTERS and SPITTERS up 2 to 0
     
  20. rimrocker

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    Approximately 60/40 for Dems and 80/20 Repubs.

    Of more interest is the geographical breakdown of for and against votes...

    From the states that were part of the Confederacy...

    House votes for/against:

    Democrats: 7-87
    Republicans: 0-10

    Senate votes for/against:

    Democrats: 1-20 (only Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas voted in favor)

    Republicans: 0-1 (this was Senator John Tower of Texas)

    There was a reason LBJ concluded that the Dems had lost the South for a generation upon passage.
     

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