Indeed the entire "Southern Strategy" was a vicious lie fabricated by the marxists. In reality, the Republicans of the 1860s have the same principles of the non-RINOs of today: small government, low taxes, pro-business and color-blind liberty for all.
Agreed. But the Progressives are brainwashing the public school children and college students with their false narrative, and it appears most accept the lies on its face. They have groomed kids to be unable to critically think or challenge educators at the college level due to fear of receiving a poor grade in class.