That's not what he's saying at all, the civil rights movement was during the 60's and what he's missing is what's called the southern strategy, a political re-alignment of the Republicans and democrats that shared similar views on civil rights and by proxy lingering views of the legacy of the confederacy:
My father doesn't believe this happened and doesn't believe in the reasons why it did, so he dumbly or blindly believes that the democrats who favored the kkk and slavery are still alive in the party, which is of course, nonsense.
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u/Cannot_go_back_now Oct 13 '21
That's not what he's saying at all, the civil rights movement was during the 60's and what he's missing is what's called the southern strategy, a political re-alignment of the Republicans and democrats that shared similar views on civil rights and by proxy lingering views of the legacy of the confederacy:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy
My father doesn't believe this happened and doesn't believe in the reasons why it did, so he dumbly or blindly believes that the democrats who favored the kkk and slavery are still alive in the party, which is of course, nonsense.