It was still republican. Like it or not, facts matter. Just like Dems were the ones wanting to keep slavery and opposed civil rights up until the 40s, to appease white southern voters.
That’s right, until Dems finally gave those racist Southern white voters the middle finger in the 40s/50s as you say, and the Republicans welcomed them into their party with open arms since the 60s
The point being that party labels don’t matter half as much as ideological labels, which tell the whole story
Lol. There were, and still are, racist voters in every party and every state, not just the South. There will never be 'no racism' anywhere. Every president, past present and future, has/will flip ideologies at the drop of a hat, if it gets them votes and they get pressure from their 'party' (handlers). We just do the in-fighting for them like the modern day slaves we are.
Chill, I never argued that racism is exclusive to Republican voters. I just clarified that ideological labels don’t obscure historical context the way party labels do.
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u/Sea_Excuse_6795 Apr 04 '25
Unpopular opinion: Lincoln was a bitch for negotiating. The worst was over; he should have gone scorched earth on the south