Every time it is brought up that the Democrats were the party of slavery and Jim Crow, I hear that the pro-slavery, anti-civil rights Democrats magically transformed into today's Republican Party, while the freedom-loving patriots of yesteryear's Republican Party now call the Democratic Party home.

Can anyone point me to a trusted discussion of this supposed phenomenon? I'd like to read more about it and learn some facts.

It's an absolute falsehood pushed by the Democrats to try to escape two VERY uncomfortable truths about their party:

1. The Democrats founded and owned the KKK
2. The Democrats vehemently opposed the Civil Rights Act while the GOP was on board with it

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Civil Rights: The GOP and The Dems Switched Sides At some Point?

That's a falsehood....
Here's another Prager video:

That's actually just a political narrative that was initially based on Ronald Reagan's success in attracting conservatives in the South and East (the famous "Reagan Democrats"). The Republicans never lost sight of protecting the smallest minority - the individual - while Democrats never lost their taste for exploiting a collectivist mentality. All that happened is that the Democrats expanded the application of ward politics from the big cities in the Northeast. That meant that they were willing to make a show of pandering to minorities in ways that changed nothing fundamental while the anti-identity politics Republicans kept pushing for fundamental changes that would empower any individual.

Southern states Democrats drew up and supported the "Jim Crow" laws banning black people from public eating/drinking areas.

Southern states Democrats pulled their reelection support of POTUS Harry Truman in 1948 when he desegregated the Military.

D’Souza: The Big Switch, Part 1

From pages 15 – 18 of Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

https://theindependentwhig.com...e-big-switch-part-1/

The Old Switcheroo Lie that Democrats use is bullshit, plain and simple. The Democrats used blacks during slavery , and they use them now. They created a system of total dependency during slavery, and a system of dependency now, trading one plantation paradigm for another. And so the commies think that the parties just switched sides by agreement or what?

And the perception of blacks between Democrats and Republicans differ greatly; conservatives treat blacks as equals, we don't think they need "special treatment", we all should start from the same starting line, while leftists think blacks are ignorant and helpless needing assistance and guidance.

Even this kid knows it's BS. The whole video is worth watching, but skip to 1:50 if you don't have time.




Link to original video: https://youtu.be/AJtx9Z0vC14

Thank you! Got my late night viewing material all set now.

It was Lyndon Baines Johnson (Democrat) that said "I'll have those Nig%&ers voting Democrat for the next 200 years."

Why did he say that? He was getting ready to sign the largest welfare act in global history, called the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Why would he say that? He knew that as a Democrat (and former KKK member) he had used the Black community, but Liberals needed MORE votes to stay in power. How do you get those votes? You GIVE away money.

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It was Lyndon Baines Johnson (Democrat) that said "I'll have those Nig%&ers voting Democrat for the next 200 years."
Why did he say that? He was getting ready to sign the largest welfare act in global history, called the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Actually... it was the same year, but a different bill...
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

Secretary of Labor Wirtz stated, "It has become clear that America is not going to put up with poverty amidst prosperity. We realize that by itself prosperity is not going to get rid of poverty."[5] He emphasized that the War on Poverty had two central objectives:

First, to provide jobs and training, especially for those young people now growing up in poverty, and increasingly condemned by lack of economic opportunity to repeat the cycle over again.

Second, to begin the process of planning and organizing that will bring the entire resources of a community to bear on the specific problem of breaking up the cycle of poverty in that community.[6]

The War on Poverty attacked the roots and consequences of poverty by creating job opportunities, increasing productivity, and enhancing the quality of life. The aim was not to end poverty but to eradicate the principal causes of it.

I was not there, but numerous sources have opined that it was said on Air Force One in 1964:

"an Air Force One steward who said LBJ uttered this comment to two governors during a conversation on the Civil Rights Act of 1964."

Sources: https://www.huffingtonpost.com...ys-two_b_933995.html

https://amgreatness.com/2018/0...mocratic-plantation/

Fake News!

They will always bring up that the Republicans agreed to consider blacks as 3/5 of a person.

What usually gets left out is the Democrats considered blacks 0/5 of a person.

Hence, the compromise.

The 3/5ths compromise was promoted by abolitionists of the North, ironically, because they were trying to LIMIT the South's representation in Congress. If every Black were considered as a "whole person", that would justify greater numbers of Representatives in the House of Representatives. But those Reps would undoubtedly be White, slavery-promoting Democrats.
Hence, the North opposed counting slaves, who would be uneducated and not-allowed to vote, to be counted as part of the "population" for Representation purposes.

Nope. The dems just found a way to entice the decedents of slaves to enslave themselves to, and be exploited by, the democrat party. This captivity is more subtle so the new slaves are less likely to free themselves. The shackles of this slavery are the lie that the conservatives who would free them are responsible for their captivity. There is no spoon.