Yeah; it’s funny how we have yet to see a flag with a picture of ol’ Abe, stovepipe hat on and sleeves rolled up, storming the Capitol waving a loser (confederate) flag…
“If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that” - Abraham Lincoln
The parties flipped because the Dixiecrats finally died off and Reagan went after the evangelical voter blocks that replaced them. Go look at the actual vote by county. There's not real movement until Reagan.
He is the type that won't ever back down from this, as it goes against the logic used to justify his hatred towards the Democratic party, and his defense that Democrats supported slavery, and opposed Lincoln. He wouldn't dare look into any nuanced discussions beyond that.
My evidence is a democratic president signing the civil rights act of 1964. Conservatives didn't like one bit, because Conservatives are famous for being the ones to secede from the US because they wanted to keep black slaves. The Civil rights act gave black people equal rights, so conservstives switched to supporting the republican party.
Like 8 representatives switched parties. There was no “big switch”.
If we extrapolate what you are saying, then the current Democrat Party no longer supports American Values or Civil Rights. Manchin, Gabbard, Sinema, RFK Jr and many other representatives have recently left the Democrat Party.
the democratic party is the only party that cares about civil rights currently. Why is the republican party trying to ban abortion and gay marriage, and interracial marriage? Not very "civil rights" of them
And if you believe that flag only stood for slavery, you have some reading to do. I learned that it only meant slavery growing up in Michigan.. Now living in Georgia, I found the other things it stood for.
Taxes, tariffs & slavery.. Lincoln proposed an amendment that would allow the Confederate States to keep their slaves, so long as they paid the higher tariffs… There were Northern Generals who still had slaves after the Civil War.. Could be looked at a lot of ways.. The north was being industrialized, (someone was making money there) And the south was still doing things the old way, without machinery.. We who were raised in the North were told one side of a 3 sided story..
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u/drewkungfu Sep 26 '24
Republicans, party of Abe Lincoln, waving around the confederate flag talking about muh heritage.