One of my faves is some moron saying that these days, Democrats fly the confederate flag, not Republicans.
Probably got one of their very favorite talking points all bungled up - the cons love talking about Democrats/Dixiecrats being the real racists because something something, some random facts pulled out of a hat, dealing with things prior to the Civil Rights era, and Republicans under Lincoln, freed the slaves. They want to talk about Robert Byrd being in the Klan like eighty fucking years ago, while talking about donnie having dinner with a shitheel like Fuentes is somehow not in the cards.
They don’t want to talk about the Southern Strategy or just about anything that happened since about 1965. That all the cons fled to the Republican Party because it is a home for racists is something they just refuse to accept.
What I love to ask these people talking about how Democrats are the real racists is this, and it’s really very simple: why is it all the Republicans having to break out the fainting couches and the smelling salts over the Confederate statues coming down?
Conservatives are just not very good with 20th century history. I also ask them if they really think Alabama and Mississippi were electing liberals and not conservatives in the 50s. Sometimes which party the KKK endorses, though that’s something that would get a “that’s FAEK” type answer.
Probably got one of their very favorite talking points all bungled up - the cons love talking about Democrats/Dixiecrats being the real racists because something something, some random facts pulled out of a hat, dealing with things prior to the Civil Rights era, and Republicans under Lincoln, freed the slaves. They want to talk about Robert Byrd being in the Klan like eighty fucking years ago, while talking about donnie having dinner with a shitheel like Fuentes is somehow not in the cards.
They don’t want to talk about the Southern Strategy or just about anything that happened since about 1965. That all the cons fled to the Republican Party because it is a home for racists is something they just refuse to accept.
What I love to ask these people talking about how Democrats are the real racists is this, and it’s really very simple: why is it all the Republicans having to break out the fainting couches and the smelling salts over the Confederate statues coming down?
Conservatives are just not very good with 20th century history. I also ask them if they really think Alabama and Mississippi were electing liberals and not conservatives in the 50s. Sometimes which party the KKK endorses, though that’s something that would get a “that’s FAEK” type answer.
Oh, this is the video I was thinking of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV2fFeKSuwM The guy is just really muddled.