I keep being told that “the parties switched” and now we’re the racist, slave owning bigots.
Pretty sure they actually believe that.
Yes, they switched. It’s like magic.
And they seem to truly believe it.
The words “Southern Strategy” is all they need.
Point out Bill Clinton’s progressive Democrat mentor, the famous Senator William Fulbright, was a segregationist who never switched parties and you get silence - or acknowledgement that he didn’t but all the others did, they’ll say.
Point out Al Gore’s segregationist Senator father filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights bill and he didn’t change parties, nor did his politician son. Again, yes, but he’s an exception.
Go through dozens of racist liberal southern Democrats who had long careers and continued to be elected well after the civil rights era, they never changed parties.
Still, no matter.
Get to Strom Thurmond and a-ha — see that proves it all.