A brief history lesson for liberals from Ted Cruz. (2:45 min. video.)

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[Signalman]

Senator Ted Cruz provides a short history lesson for Sen. Hirono.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cruz; democrats; hirono; tedcruz

[Steely Tom]

I saw this. It was very good.

People (including myself) have been saying this on FR for many years.

[Carry_Okie]

The standard Democrat rejoinder is that ‘Those Democrats became Republicans as part of Nixon’s “Southern Strategy.”’

It may not be true but that doesn’t bother them a bit.

[Steely Tom]

Also they say "the parties switched places."

I always wonder "when did that happen?"

I have the answer to that one anyway. The parties switched places because the Democrats went from pro-slavery to anti-every-boundary-in-civilization. The Republicans stayed approximately in the same place.

In that sense, the Democrats went from being far to the right of us (if "right" means "for civilization as it was thousands of years ago, when slavery was the norm all over the world") to being far to the left of us (which means "against everything that makes civilization work").

The Republicans stayed the same. That's the "parties switching place."

[PROCON]

Specifically white Republicans.

[ChessExpert]

‘Also they say “the parties switched places.”’

To which I reply, “show me the Republican owned slave plantations.” They can’t do that, which proves the parties have not switched places.

[Steely Tom]

That’s an incredible picture, and message.

Even if it’s real, many will think it was made using AI.

[ChessExpert]

Cruz did a very good job.

Someday perhaps, he will expand and talk about how Democrats treated native Americans (Trail of Tears) and Japanese Americans (internment camps).

With affirmative action and DEI, Democrats discriminate against whites.

Democrats practiced systemic racism against reds, blacks, yellows and whites. What am I missing?

[Steely Tom]

Someday perhaps, he will expand and talk about how Democrats treated native Americans (Trail of Tears) and Japanese Americans (internment camps).

When the Democrats get caught out by history, they just shift blame somewhere else. They dumped Vietnam in Nixon's lap, then pulled funding for the war and blamed Nixon for the ensuing collapse. They did it with Japanese internment too.

That's why I came up with the "Find The Republican" game. Whenever Democrat screw-ups become too big to hide, they play "Find The Republican," and the MSM, and the writers of history textbooks fall right in line.

Anyway, I'm glad Ted Cruz did this. He's a very smart man, and I'm glad he's on our side. So far I haven't heard anyone publicly contradict him; that silence usually means they're waiting for the "brains" of the Left to cook up something nasty.

[spintreebob]

Neither Republican nor Democrat is purely anything. But it can be said that in general Democrats have always emphasized the group, the collective. In general Republicans has always emphasized the individual.

Thus Deomcrats are for, or against, ‘Black people’. Republicans are for, or against, Tim Scott, Ben Carson, W.E.B DuBois, Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Etc.

The same with Ethnicity. Historically Democrats at points in history, were for “The Irish”, “The Polish”, etc. Republicans were for, or against, the individual.

These are true generalizations. There are exceptions where Democrats acted like Republicans and Republicans acted like Democrats.

[falcon99]

It was good. Hirono is such an idiot. She lectured everybody present and then complained that Cruz lectured her, but what he did was correct her total lack of facts in what she was saying. The woman couldn’t be hired to mop floors at a McDonalds, but here she is a senator. Says a heck of a lot about Hawaii — and none of it good.

[Carry_Okie]

Ending all forms of indenture eventually socialized the poor, and thus also the tax slaves to attend to them. OTOH, HERE is how Biblical servitude actually worked.

Imagine turning over everything you own to your servants for a year.
Better treat them well!

[Robert DeLong]

Finally, a Republican speaks the truth about slavery, instead of ceding the narrative to the Democrats who were responsible for protecting the practice of slavery, and the attempts to expand the slavery across newly adopted states into the union of the United States.

[Fledermaus]

And Catholics and Jews.

[Steely Tom]

Ending all forms of indenture eventually socialized the poor, and thus also the tax slaves to attend to them. OTOH, HERE is how Biblical servitude actually worked.

I can't make out what the expression "socialized the poor" means. Does it mean that "the poor" became a political constituency?