PugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoThe party has... changed a bit.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down13cross-posted to: shermanposting@lemmy.world
arrow-up1224arrow-down1imageThe party has... changed a bit.lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square9linkfedilinkcross-posted to: shermanposting@lemmy.world
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·15 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-214 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.
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.