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Originally posted by shunyadragon View PostAlready addressed this many times the political parties then were not the same as the parties today. Those Democrats that opposed 'Civil Rights' were Conservative Dixiecrats, and those states have become Republican because of the 'Civil Rights' and 'Voter Rights' legislation and Federal Court decisions.
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Dixiecrats were a separate party that did indeed originate in the Democratic party - which had been playing to the 'democrat' South for decades. It wasn't until the break with Southern conservatives that the Democrat party fell to its leftwing - and fairly long after, at that.
Truth is, neither party gets 100% on civil rights. The Republicans let the ball drop shortly after the Civil War - both in their mangled dealings with Reconstruction and their abdication at the end of Reconstruction. Democrats were perfectly happy to let Plessy stand as long as it kept the South strongly supporting them. The CRA wouldn't have happened if BOTH parties hadn't supported it (largely thanks to the legislative finesse of Johnson, ironically enough).
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostHow old were you before you could spell Susquehanna?
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Originally posted by Jesse View PostCut me some slack, I'm a Pennsylvania boy. We are not as bad as New York.
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Originally posted by seer View PostI wish you had winter and snow down there!
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Originally posted by Adrift View PostQ is sometimes used to mean "questioning". Oh, and I know a lot of gay people who use the word "queer". It's one of those words that's only considered bad when it's used to demean, I suppose.
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Originally posted by Abigail View PostG=Gay, L=Lesbian, B=Bisexual, T=Transexual, Q=Queer, P=??
Not to mention I thought "queer" was meant to be a 'bad' word that was very un=pc
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostBack before a bunch of other letters started getting added on and it was simply GLB (Gay Lesbian Bisexual) a late friend of mine would use the term "gibly" in conversation (for Gay Bisexual Lesbian - GiBLy) because it could be pronounced. For whatever reason most of those in one of those groups who heard him say it took offense.
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