• protist@mander.xyz
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    6 months ago

    Totally true, and it’s also true that they’re the exact same southern white conservatives of today’s Republican party

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        6 months ago

        I specifically didn’t spell it ‘republiQan’ since back then it was just standard bible-thumping, women-hating racists. They hadn’t lost their damned minds just yet.

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          6 months ago

          Back then in addition to all those things, they supported a liberal economic policy. George Wallace l, for example, supported the New Deal through and through, and progressive tax policies