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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
When he's done, I look forward to you trying to explain why you have a shred of credibility left on this thread. You tell me why the Democrats weren't leading the opposition to the civil rights march. Hint - you can't do it by naming a few prominent democrats who were in favor of civil rights, because I didn't claim that zero democrats were pro-civil rights. What I said was, the vast majority of those blocking Civil Rights legislation back then, were Democrats. That's what I said. And after I posted the numbers, I cannot fathom how you can disagree.
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Your assertion was that it was "funny" for Democrats to make an analogy between civil rights and gay rights because it was "the Democrats who were opposed to civil rights for blacks".
This doesn't make any sense.
As you've wisely indicated (aka the preemptive back track
) not all Democrats opposed the Civil Rights Act.
Certainly so, the legislation was
proposed by a Democratic President and passed by a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate.
Remember, Democrats in the south were originally advocates strong states rights and slavery as an economic necessity (i.e. at the time more conservative). This was the culture that persisted even as slavery was outlawed. The South's loyalty to their party kept many voting as Democrats until the Democratic party shifted further to the Left...and ultimately drove Southern Democrats to the Republican Party which is precisely why Southern states tend to vote Republican today.
Hell, perhaps the most vocal Democratic opponent to Civil Rights was Strom Thurmond...who switched parties and became a Republican in 1964.
Republicans did join ranks with Democrats and made the Civil Rights Act an example of bi-partisan legislation...
back then...but we all know the Republican party has moved to the Right...characterized by Nixon's Southern Strategy, the Moral Majority and more recently the bastardization of even Ronald Reagan's legacy.
So I'm not sure what's all that funny about it. I guess it could be considered ironic, assuming you lacked a basic understanding of American history.
As for the black response, here's a pretty interesting take...
Is the black church guilty of spiritual hypocrisy in same-sex marriage debate? – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs
-spence