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<blockquote data-quote="Panin" data-source="post: 1415896" data-attributes="member: 52431">I have had this conversation before. The voting record says that the Democrats were the supporters, apart from the &#039;Dixiecrat&#039; wing. LBJ also said the Dems lost the South because of the CRA. The Republicans had the infamous &#039;Southern Strategy &#039; that tried to disenfranchise the Black vote, and continues today. I am assuming you are to young to remember Segragation, but I&#039;m not. I remember it up through the 60&#039;s as being matter of fact. Was LBJ a product of his time and upbringing? Of course. Did he use what today would be considered a racial slur, most. Definitely. He was a master of knowing his audience, and getting them to on board with his agenda. To say he was a racist is to ignore his accomplishments. He was like nearly all white people raised in the Deep South at the time, and became more enlightened in the 1960&#039;s, as did a lot of us.Your hatred of &#039;liberals&#039; is so blinding that you cannot see the forest for the trees.The Republican Party of Lincoln and T Roosevelt was forever gone. That is not to say that all Dems are civil rights champions, or all Republicans are racists, but frankly, the tone and demeanor of the right could lead a reasoning person to think that. Lok at the posters here. The Right is angry and fearful, and it shows in the vitriol of the posts even in this small microcosm.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Panin, post: 1415896, member: 52431"] I have had this conversation before. The voting record says that the Democrats were the supporters, apart from the 'Dixiecrat' wing. LBJ also said the Dems lost the South because of the CRA. The Republicans had the infamous 'Southern Strategy ' that tried to disenfranchise the Black vote, and continues today. I am assuming you are to young to remember Segragation, but I'm not. I remember it up through the 60's as being matter of fact. Was LBJ a product of his time and upbringing? Of course. Did he use what today would be considered a racial slur, most. Definitely. He was a master of knowing his audience, and getting them to on board with his agenda. To say he was a racist is to ignore his accomplishments. He was like nearly all white people raised in the Deep South at the time, and became more enlightened in the 1960's, as did a lot of us. Your hatred of 'liberals' is so blinding that you cannot see the forest for the trees. The Republican Party of Lincoln and T Roosevelt was forever gone. That is not to say that all Dems are civil rights champions, or all Republicans are racists, but frankly, the tone and demeanor of the right could lead a reasoning person to think that. Lok at the posters here. The Right is angry and fearful, and it shows in the vitriol of the posts even in this small microcosm. [/QUOTE]

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