Re:George Takei recalls his childhood in an internment camp
by dragonwriter on Friday May 26, 2023 @11:00AM
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> These bigots never disappeared. They just are being courted by the Right / Republicans today.
Normally, I’d respond to this with something addressing the chain of events starting with the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and subsequent electoral strategy, but just to mix things up I'll go simple:
This is the reason that when you see rallies of overt racists, or people storming a government building waving confederate flags, or people arguing about, how, akshully, slavery in America was good for the slaves and their descendants should be thankful rather than resentful of it, in the 21st century, they aren’t backers of the Democratic Party.
In the 1940s, the Southern Democrats were the racists. They were the ones who organized anti-Civil Rights. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Democrats
These bigots never disappeared. They just are being courted by the Right / Republicans today.
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The left / right split is an illusion. Its almost bullshit entirely. It only exists because the USA is a two party system, so you're forced to align with unsavory parts of the country to get things done. That being said, Republicans need to understand who they're drawing their votes from, and absolutely ensure that these racists don't come into power again (as Republicans are playing with fire here)
Like, I get the political reality. The bigots want political power, Republicans do too. So courting them for more votes is a politically savvy move. But its also quite dangerous IMO.