>>you could argue that though many klan leaned more Birchers
Bullsheet
Klan first and foremost were antis.
anti-Catholic
anti-black
anti-Jew
anti-Republican
It was their sum total cause.
That’s true there were anti ...so are we btw....however they had zero in common with the leftists you claim they did
They believed all those groups were allied with the very leftists who they viewers soft on communism ...you’re attempting to lump them in with
Do you by chance recall the Greensboro shootout ....klan versus commies ....commies chose poorly
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/communists-and-klansmen-clash-in-greensboro
They sure didn’t act like pals did they?
Talk radio and neocons have done such a disservice in this area with this just insane logic and GOPe worship
The truth is simply muddier ....simple lies are easier to understand
This is conjecture but sometime in the latter part of the Reagan years ....as neoconservatism ascended under Bushism.....it was determined that the Republican Party was embarrassed by the solid south and accusations of racism....like I said before the far left did not like mainstream democrats...who they viewed as war hawks and segregationist anti communist and liberal republicans had escaped such charges largely
With GOPe ranks swelled with southerners who’d left the moving left Democrat party ....these what culture war ....GOPe neocons pretty much determined we have to do something about this image
Hence .....slavery and racism began to be seen as original sins of America and the West
Civil rights legislation became lauded....I think they were a mistake as did Reagan and Goldwater and other rightist GOP And Dixiecrats ...talk radio is right ....liberal and moderate GOPe pushed all this over the finish line
Fiscal conservatism took prominence over culture war (I think we’ve learned it’s all about culture more than anything)
Foreign policy is nation building
And so forth...Demonizing the south hadn’t yet begun in earnest
That’s how I see it.....but you are welcome to believe narrative makes you content....
I’m about truth and facts....but I’m going to ping two authorities here who can correct me....I tend to SOC write so I’m sure I’ll get some schooling
You should read their response ....they are more informed than I