More Racist White Folks in the GOP

[txdot-guy]

Originally Posted by HoHound

You used the words "racism/racist" 9 times in your rant. You sound like an angry black man. That's a huge turnoff to many of us. You should try to be more diplomatic, like the lawyer you claim to be.

Spreading racist tropes is a form of racism. Maybe you should recognize that racism still pervades our culture including a number of posts in this very thread.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.p...kManStereotype
"Angry Black Man" Stereotype

This trope refers to a stereotype that portrays black people in general, and black men in particular, as perpetually (and often irrationally) angry at others due to perceived racial discrimination. Popularized in the 1970s, this stereotype is chock full of unfortunate implications. Chief among them is the belief that since the end of the Civil Rights Movement, there is no longer any real racial injustice worth complaining about, and the only reason black people might say otherwise is because they're simply angry at the world. Therefore, modern black communities saying they face systemic inequality or oppression can be partially or completely ignored, because they're just looking for reasons to get mad.

[Turner2099]

Originally Posted by lustylad

Fucking racist Repubs!

They're the party that defended slavery, founded the KKK, fought against the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, passed Jim Crow laws everywhere, and almost blocked passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

At least I THINK they're the ones who did all that... am I right?

Time marches on. Let's see what Claude.AI has to say about the subject.

How did the Democrat Party change from voting against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to now?

This is a fascinating question about one of the most significant political realignments in American history.

**The 1964 Vote**

In 1964, the Democratic Party was a coalition of two very different factions:
- **Northern liberals** who strongly supported civil rights
- **Southern conservatives** ("Dixiecrats") who staunchly opposed it.

The Civil Rights Act passed *because of* strong Democratic support overall, but a notable bloc of Southern Democrats voted against it. In the Senate, 21 of the 22 senators who filibustered or voted "no" were Southern Democrats. Meanwhile, a higher *percentage* of Republicans than Democrats voted for the bill (though Democrats held the majority and provided more total votes in favor).

**The Realignment**

Several forces drove a dramatic shift over the following decades:

- **The Southern Strategy (late 1960s–1970s):** Republican leaders, including Richard Nixon and later Ronald Reagan, pursued electoral strategies that appealed to white Southern voters disaffected by the Democratic Party's embrace of civil rights. This gradually pulled conservative Southerners toward the GOP.

- **LBJ's prediction:** President Lyndon Johnson, who signed the Act, reportedly remarked that Democrats had "lost the South for a generation" — it turned out to be longer.

- **Party sorting:** Over the 1970s–1990s, the parties ideologically "sorted." Conservative Democrats (especially in the South) either switched to the Republican Party or were replaced by Republicans. Liberal Republicans largely disappeared. The result was a more consistently liberal Democratic Party and a more consistently conservative Republican Party.

- **The 1994 "Republican Revolution":** Newt Gingrich led Republicans to sweep Southern congressional seats, completing much of the regional realignment.

**The Result Today**

By the 2000s, the transformation was essentially complete:
- The Democratic Party became the primary home of racial and ethnic minorities, and adopted a platform centered on civil rights expansion, voting rights, and anti-discrimination law.
- The former "Solid South" — once a Democratic stronghold — became reliably Republican.
- Most of the actual legislators who voted *against* the 1964 Act (like Strom Thurmond) either switched to the Republican Party or were replaced by Republicans.

**A Note on Nuance**

This history is sometimes oversimplified in political debate. Some argue the parties "switched" completely; others push back on that framing. The more precise description is that the parties *sorted and realigned* — the conservative coalition moved to the GOP and the liberal coalition consolidated in the Democratic Party, with the South being the most dramatic geographic manifestation of this shift.

The part of the Democrat Party that did what lustylad presented above apparently became Republican.

[Schwarzer Ritter]

Apparently you didn't see Biden at Jesse Jackson's memorial. Talk about racist.

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[Precious_b]

Originally Posted by lustylad

Fucking racist Repubs!

They're the party that defended slavery, founded the KKK, fought against the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, passed Jim Crow laws everywhere, and almost blocked passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

At least I THINK they're the ones who did all that... am I right?

Nah. They are the repub roots of the dixiecrats that changed parties and were warmly welcomed and their ideologies are alive and well today as 1BM1 states.

Originally Posted by HoHound

You used the words "racism/racist" 9 times in your rant. You sound like an angry black man. That's a huge turnoff to many of us. You should try to be more diplomatic, like the lawyer you claim to be.

And you endlessly put up trolling post. You sound like an angry maggie. That's a huge turnoff to many of us. You should try to be more diplomatic, like the god fearing maggie your party claim to be.

[adav8s28]

Originally Posted by Turner2099

Time marches on. Let's see what Claude.AI has to say about the subject.

How did the Democrat Party change from voting against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to now?



The part of the Democrat Party that did what lustylad presented above apparently became Republican.

+1


The realignment and the party sorting topics from your AI output are facts that some of the Republicans that post in this forum refuse to acknowledge or accept. Two examples of your conclusion are Senator Strom Thurman and David Duke the former Grand Dragon of the Louisiana Klan. Both left the democratic party to join the republican party after LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act into law.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_...ts_Act_of_1957

[Yssup Rider]

Originally Posted by Schwarzer Ritter

Apparently you didn't see Biden at Jesse Jackson's memorial. Talk about racist.

Apparently you didn’t look.

He was there and he delivered comments...

My advice … look before you LIE.

Of course, calling Biden racist is just another way of trolling the forum.

You’re fooling nobody.

[adav8s28]

Originally Posted by The_Waco_Kid

this is why 1b1's thread is bogus .. the Democrats are the ones who fostered 150 + years of racial strife in America.


and they are still doing it to this day

After LBJ and the democratic party embraced civil rights in 1965, there was a realignment of the parties. All of the dixiecrats that did the things lustylad mentioned above became republicans. The late Senator Strom Thurman is just one example. See post #17. 1b1's thread is not bogus.

[Schwarzer Ritter]

Originally Posted by adav8s28

After LBJ and the democratic party embraced civil rights in 1965, there was a realignment of the parties. All of the dixiecrats that did the things lustylad mentioned above became republicans. The late Senator Strom Thurman is just one example. See post #17. 1b1's thread is not bogus.

Senator Strom Thurman is the ONLY example. All the rest stayed in the democrat party including Robert KKK Byrd.

[Schwarzer Ritter]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Apparently you didn’t look.

He was there and he delivered comments...

My advice … look before you LIE.

Of course, calling Biden racist is just another way of trolling the forum.

You’re fooling nobody.

Yep, comments. Maybe you should listen to those comments. Ain't no AI.

[offshoredrilling]

Originally Posted by adav8s28

After LBJ and the democratic party embraced civil rights in 1965, there was a realignment of the parties. All of the dixiecrats that did the things lustylad mentioned above became republicans. The late Senator Strom Thurman is just one example. See post #17. 1b1's thread is not bogus.

LBJ 1965 handed out chains not freedom

[CPT Savajo]

The Democrat Party seems to be the political party of racists. Most Democrats only see a black & white world thru rose tinted glasses.

If homicide statistics in America were that more white males were killing black males on a yearly basis I would say you've got an argument, but the reality that we have in America is that we have black men killing other black men at such a high rate compared to white males killing black males that no Democrat can say that America is overrun with racist white males. Race based politics has been a pillar of the Democrats from the time of Jim Crow era and the KKK to 2026.

[Turner2099]

Originally Posted by CPT Savajo

The Democrat Party seems to be the political party of racists. Most Democrats only see a black & white world thru rose tinted glasses.

If homicide statistics in America were that more white males were killing black males on a yearly basis I would say you've got an argument, but the reality that we have in America is that we have black men killing other black men at such a high rate compared to white males killing black males that no Democrat can say that America is overrun with racist white males. Race based politics has been a pillar of the Democrats from the time of Jim Crow era and the KKK to 2026.

No offense, but do you read any of the other comments?

[CPT Savajo]

Originally Posted by Turner2099

No offense, but do you read any of the other comments?

How could white male Republicans be so racist when there's more non-white people in America than at any other time in the nations history?

If Republican white males are so racist then why are black males in America killing other black males at an overwhelming rate compared to white cops or Republican white males? More black people in America lose their life to other black people than white cops killing a black person in any given year. I have refuted the OP's question and thesis. The OP has to face the issue that black males are killing black males. The white supremacist notion is literally non-existent when you look at homicide statistics by race. Sad but true and the truth can be a tough pill to swallow.

[adav8s28]

Originally Posted by Schwarzer Ritter

Senator Strom Thurman is the ONLY example. All the rest stayed in the democrat party including Robert KKK Byrd.

The dixecrat party was more than just people who were elected into office. David Duke the former Grand Dragon of the Louisiana Klan left the democratic party for the republican party as well. I was referring to the dixiecrat party as a whole, not just people who were elected into a government office. What was stated in post#17 regarding Realignment and the "Southern Strategy" was correct and did occur. The students who were on the group chat that Congressman Donald was referring to, their parents or grandparents were most likely in the dixiecrat party.