Idiots on the march in Virginia

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Originally Posted by finnbow

Isn't it more that the southern racists bolted from the Democratic Party after LBJ signed the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts? You make it seem as though the Dixiecrats were the legitimately aggrieved party during the Civil Rights era. Your argument may well find a few receptive ears among those in bed sheets in Charlottesville, but not with me.

And you're indeed clueless if that's what you took from my post. Having lived in Texas for over half my life now, I like the idea that it was LBJ who banished the remnants of the planter class and their minions from the Democratic Party, which is in effect what he did by signing the acts. I also find it a bit ironic that the party of Lincoln accepted them with open arms, although the GOP had more than it's fair share of racists back then too.