The Ministry of Truth reminds all comrades that the political parties switched names at a date which changes depending on the circumstances.
In the future, remember that everything bad was the fault of Republicans and everything good was the result of Democrats.
I guess that's why the Democrats website's history section clearly says in the very first line "For more than 200 years, our party has led the fight for civil rights..."
Everything on that website is bullshit
They're counting on the ignorant to (A) not know their history and (B) not question what they're told.
Everything they claim or even slip from their lips is bullshit.
Never forget.
Holy crap! They are taking credit for the civil rights act of 1964!?!? They voted against it!
1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
This landmark piece of legislation outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women and prohibited racial segregation. Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, it ended unequal voting requirements and segregated schools, workplaces, and public facilities.
Edit for those that appear to think “they voted against it” means unanimous opposition:
78% of the nay votes were democrats.
You are confusing facts with feelings. They feel like they should be responsible for the civil rights act, therefore they are.
I don’t trust anyone who believes a massive political machine of any party has the people’s best interest at heart.
Hmm 2022 - 200... so since 1822??
How hard should we be laughing at this claim? We should figure out a way to debunk that claim as fraudulant.
It's so dumb tracing the history of the 'democratic party' name back that long and claiming it's been championing liberal ideals since the dawn of the country. Just goes to show what they think of their followers that they would blatantly lie to them in the first sentence of their 'about me' on their own stupid website.
That’s pretty incredible. Especially incredible is their mention of LBJ and what he did for civil rights. The thing I remember most about LBJ is his quote of “I’ll have these n**rs voting democrat for 200 years.” Or another famous LBJ quote, as Doris Kearn Goodwin wrote in her book, Lyndon Johnson and the American dream; he was quoted as saying; these negroes, they’re getting pretty uppity these days and that’s a problem for us since they’ve got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we’ve got to do something about this. We’ve got to give them a little something. Just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference.
But yeah…sometime in the 1960’s, everyone knows the two parties traded ideology/s
Yes, they've lied from day 1. Trail of tears, lynching, election rigging, started a war to protect slavery, drug us into ww1, ww2, Vietnam, Korea, Japanese internment camps, league of nations globalization effort, United nations globalization effort, uranium one, China most favored nation and resulting trade imbalance,
https://calthomas.com/2021/06/democrats-and-civil-rights/
https://redstate.com/diary/cris2365/2009/05/18/the-true-civil-rights-record-of-the-democrat-party-n204683
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dinesh-dsouza-the-secret-history-of-the-democratic-party
Yeah if we keep telling everyone this then we won't be the only ones believing our lies. Let's do this for many generations then if it doesn't stick slowly take control of media and push it tell people believe it anyways.
Lol, social security is the biggest ponzi scheme of the century
Lol, social security is the biggest ponzi scheme of the LAST century
FTFY
It's literally structured like a ponzi scheme. So are most insurances.
Why don't they go back any further than 1920 in their history section?
They are. 200 years, they're claiming they have been fighting for civil rights since 1820! Since before the civil war!
The myth of the flip is so important to liberals.
If you probe and ask them what they mean, they almost never know. They literally believe that the two parties randomly and arbitrarily completely swapped platforms and policies for no reason. And if you say, "wow, that sounds interesting! Can you tell me when that happened? I'd like to research it more." They won't have an answer.
Spoiler: it never happened
Some of them will say that the flip was since the civil war, a lot of people from the south moved up north and a lot of the people from the north moved south....i.e. "the flip".....they get the deer in the headlights look when you try explaining to them that a geographical change does not equal an ideological change.
Democrats started going towards bigger government with William Bryan. Republicans and Democrats were both big government progressive for awhile, with Republicans coming down hard as smaller government focused around tbe time of the New Deal.
Damn I’ve actually heard this before I didn’t realize it was false. So you’re saying the parties have basically stood for the same thing forever ?? Is there anywhere I can read about it more?
Republican Party has always been about personal responsibility, expanding the rights of the individual, smaller government, and well… stopping plural marriages/polygamy, but that’s kind of an old subject. Some “republicans” have had different ideals and made deals with the devil that don’t stand for the majority.
When someone says that making abortion a state’s issue takes away a woman’s right (medical privacy!? After the left’s tyranny during COVID!?!? Also, not in the constitution) think about all the unaborted that now have their lives protected.
They've both changed a lot in 168 years (just look how much they've changed in 20), but there was never a "flip" where they swapped platforms.
You can Google "party platforms by year" or something along those lines and see for yourself. The parties have changed drastically over time, because the issues have changed drastically, but there was absolutely no flip at any point in time.
They try to cite Nixon's southern strategy but that makes no sense because that would put the "flip" in the 50/60s.
So then you're telling me FDR and Woodrow wilson were really Republicans and Teddy Roosevelt and Eisenhower were democrats. Doesn't add up at all
I wouldn’t argue that they switched. But they just weren’t comparable parties in their entirety. You’re comparing very different issues and very different political landscapes. Look at the difference between Republicans during the Iraq War and Republicans now. Now try comparing Republicans 150 years apart.
In conclusion, both sides arguments are disingenuous. Neither Democrat nor Republican were heroes of the Republic. The parties that existed back then no longer exist.
The Ministry of Truth has found your post to be misinformation. The Democrat Party has consistently been the only good party throughout history. Surrender yourself to your local politburo immediately for re-education.
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This is partially true, but that's not even the issue. Republicans generally use the "democrats are the ones who fought to keep slaves" rhetoric because democrats call all Republicans racists nowadays, so much so that racism almost has no meaning anymore. I don't really see/hear much in the way using this rhetoric except to say democrats are wrong about this revisionist history.
The Abolition Movement was a religious movement, driven by people who were accused of being religious radicals.
Does that sound like the Democratic party of any timeframe?
I'm confused by this reply - i mean i understand the movement was, but this reply seems out of left field to what i said.
Saying neither democrat nor republican are "heroes of the republic" insinuates that Republicans use this party switch myth to claim heroism like Democrats do.
Some do, but the vast majority of time Republicans refute the party switch idea is in defense of being called racist, religious southerners who want to own slaves again.
Very true, the Republicans descended from the Federalist and Whig parties, which advocated trade protectionism and tariffs, high subsidization of industry, large government spending to boost the economy, a National Bank to facilitate greater spending and subsidize government favored businesses, grants of patents (monopolies) to certain businesses, especially in the shipping industry, etc. They were basically a party of mercantilism. They supported a larger and stronger central government and deemphasized the role of states. They also opposed slavery, but for often ignoble reasons.
The Democrats descended from the Anti-Federalists and Democratic-Republicans, which advocated for low tariffs, banning subsidies and all government spending for private interests, low budgets with many restrictions on spending, abolishing the National Bank, reducing deficits, paying off the debt, ending government granted monopolies, and reducing the size and power of the federal government, leaving the vast majority of power decentralized in the hands of the states. They also tended to support slavery.
If you look at FDR’s new deal and the current Dem platform they’re not that far off. Sure some of the objectives have shifted and there’s the climate cult aspect, but big government, welfare solutions are still the Dem calling card.
It's clear that the parties switched in the 1960s prior to the civil rights act.
Also, FDR was the greatest Democrat president.
Wait, I mean...
They can have FDR, I think he was a complete and total disaster for this country.
My favorite come back to the "PaRTy FliPPeD" statement is to ask. So if the parties were so willing to flip back then, would you be ok flipping parties right now? You can now be called a republican with right leaning policies and vise versa. Not a single person from either side would think that was a good idea. So how the fuck are you going to tell me that happened back in the day? No way. It just fits their narrative now. This is why they tell this lie.
Just ask them for the date the parties switched. Or ask them to name 5 politicians who “just switched” parties.
My grandfather and his brothers were raised to believe they had to be democrats because there father and grandfather were democrats. There grandfather we was a slave owner. My grandfather never realized why he felt his party was always backwards because his brothers, fathers, and grandfather were all extremely racist and said the opposite of what their actions were. Then they told him it makes since he just couldn't see how it made since because he wasn't conservative enough. My grandfather hired the only gay man in town to haul hay and hired every minority looking for work over his fellow democrats for his ranch work because he didn't feel it was right to say one thing about people and veiws and then be ignorant or backwards to the same issues. I tried to convince him his party isn't conservative and is just lies and he died never accepting that but he did tell me once if he hadn't been raised in ignorance he would have voted for anyone who wasn't a donkey. Though he didn't use the word donkey.
The Ol’ Switcharoo they say
the use of political violence on the other hand, hasn't changed, has it. Righteous rage is OK on the left.
Was going to say something similar, but your statement is doubleplus better, comrade!
Because of his comment, he now has enough Commie Points to choose anything from the bottom row of prizes: a hammer and sickle temporary tattoo, a Che Guevara bobble head, or a pocket size copy of Mao’s Little Red Book. Congratulations CPCippyCup!
Comrade, I humbly request one extra hour of electricity to charge my Tesla in lieu of a temporary tattoo of hero Che Guevara!
You have done well, Comrade, in purchasing an approved green form of transportation. You may have your extra ration of electricity. Unfortunately, that is also conspicuous consumption and stinks of free thought and capitalism. Please wait for the secret police to arrive to take you to the nearest reeducation camp.
I have surrendered my bank accounts to the Commissar and await transportation to the Ministry of Love so my fascism may be corrected!
No.. 10 years in labor camp for asking.
I prostrate myself for questioning the party!
Your sentence is reduced to 5 days of anti-racist diversity training.
Comrade, do not question the party. You are off to the gulag!
I deserve severe punishment for questioning the party!
It's okay. I have on good authority that gulags were amazing and everyone was paid a living wage
What charges those batteries?
The grace of Comrade Joe Biden.