PugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoThe party has... changed a bit.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down13
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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·28 days agoThe Republican Party was formed, explicitly, as an anti-slavery party.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·28 days 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-228 days 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.