• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    35·
    4 months ago

    Explanation: In 1865, Radical Republicans were called such because of their radically pro-civil rights platform, including the abolition of slavery and total legal equality for Black Americans. They were later be instrumental in passing Federal anti-segregation laws (which, unfortunately, were struck down by the Supreme Court).

    … I could not guarantee the same for 2021 ‘radical’ Republicans.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      4 months ago

      the slavery/anti-slavery thing was always a north-south thing, not a democrat-republican thing. Republicans were powerful in the north and then their base shifted to people from the south. Democrats shifted northward. As they shifted, so did their stance on things.

      • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
        5·
        4 months ago

        During reconstruction and until Jim Crow, the Republicans had a base in the South. And limited government and regulation isn’t a geographical belief but flipped between the two parties anyways, even before the Southern strategy, as we can see in the 20s. Northern Democratic Party was always a thing, and in fact its splitting of the vote against Southern Democrats was one of the reasons Lincoln won his first election.

  • Audacious@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    4 months ago

    Consequently, the parties switched sides shortly after the civil rights act of 1964 passed. What you are seeing today is the result of decades-long efforts coming to fruition for that conservative-racist party.

    • InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
      4·
      4 months ago

      What you’re seein gis the dixiecrats going mask-off.

      And not full mask-off yet, you can’t imagine what they really want to do but are still holding back.

      The people who inspired Hitler’s racial policies, ladies and gentlemen.