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In reply to the discussion: Dixie's long reign of terror has finally ended. [View all]Pab Sungenis
(9,612 posts)14. My point exactly.
Dixie used extortion to get an unfair advantage early on, then used that advantage to get their own way. Then after the Civil War they took over the Democrats until Hubert Humphrey forced the civil rights issue in 1948. Now that a coalition can win without the South, much as in 1860, the racists have lost their power.
I hope the South rises from these ashes and we finally complete Reconstruction. This is the opening Southern Progressives have been looking for.
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Superb analysis and writing. It took an African American to drive a stake
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#6
I think you are calling southerners racists as if racism does not exist in the rest of the country.
Tennessee Gal
Nov 2012
#25
270 is irrelevant to FDR's era because the total number of electors was 531?
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2012
#31
OK, I'll say it. It is true that there are many excellent progressives in the South...
Barack_America
Nov 2012
#27
It's not the message that one disagrees with, it's the patronizing tone.
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2012
#45