• Patapon Enjoyer@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Well, kinda, since the parties swapped roles in the Southern Strategy as a response to the civil rights movements, back then the democrats were the overtly racist ones. So we could assume the GOP would still exist but it would look nothing like the “modern” (hah) version.

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      6 months ago

      Yes, the nuance of the party swap in the 60s is lost on most people.

      Thats how my ultra-maga relatives get to prpudly post on FB how theyre the party of Lincoln and in the very next post proclaim their hatred anything farther left than the taliban.

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        “We’re the party of Lincoln, that’s why everything needs to be named after a Confederate general. State’s rights.”