PugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThe party has... changed a bit.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down14
arrow-up1224arrow-down1imageThe party has... changed a bit.lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoThe Republican Party was formed, explicitly, as an anti-slavery party.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agobecause 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-21 month agoFrom 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.