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Originally posted by RatedG²
This is true but...doesn't change the fact that the Democratic Party used to be a racist party  |
I mean, saying this is kind of a fallacy. The "Democratic Party" at those times was comprised of completely different people and had control of the opposite parts of the country. The Democratic Party progressed immensely socially, with new leaders who replaced old ones refusing to keep their views, forcing it to become something new altogether. Additionally, it was almost exclusively the Southern Democrats who held these views, something a lot of Southern Republicans also held at the time - it was just that unlike Republicans at the time, those Southern members had most of the party's power. Northern Democrats, who have since come to power in the northern regions, have always had a more socially progressive track record.
there are around 15-20,000 people there tonight.