PugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 天前The party has... changed a bit.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down13cross-posted to: shermanposting@lemmy.world
arrow-up1224arrow-down1imageThe party has... changed a bit.lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 天前message-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: shermanposting@lemmy.world
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·13 天前The Republican Party was formed, explicitly, as an anti-slavery party.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·13 天前because Michigan (and other states in the north- WI, for example,) were anti slavery. the party’s base shifted more south-ward as they made inroads that way. and now we see that same assholishness come back. funny how that works.
minus-squareInvertedParallax@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-212 天前From the architect himself: https://archive.org/details/emergingrepublic00kevi Dude was 100% explicit on what he was doing and who he was doing it with, he was scarily honest about their dedication to racism.
The Republican Party was formed, explicitly, as an anti-slavery party.
because Michigan (and other states in the north- WI, for example,) were anti slavery.
the party’s base shifted more south-ward as they made inroads that way. and now we see that same assholishness come back. funny how that works.
From the architect himself: https://archive.org/details/emergingrepublic00kevi
Dude was 100% explicit on what he was doing and who he was doing it with, he was scarily honest about their dedication to racism.