An odd criticism to make. Barry Goldwater voted against the Civil Rights Act. Ronald Reagan spoke out against it. At one time American conservatives valued individual freedom over government compulsion. I guess that boat sailed long ago.
I remember arguing with my dad over the 64 act. He said that the social programs would eliminate individual initiative and creativity and destroy a person’s independence. I remember his white shirt turned away from me as he said this, sleeves rolled up and arms on the table. Both arms.
It just hit me that he rarely put both arms on that white, wooden table.
All these years later...still teaching me.
Hubert Humphrey begged Goldwater to vote for it. Goldwater said it would lead to quotas. Humphrey said I was impossible he specifically put language in that would prevent that went on to say if it happened he would eat the bill. The bill was passed. Creative lawyering later gutted Humphrey’s language. Goldwater was proved right, but by then Humphrey was dead.
Goldwater and Reagan weren’t KKK members.