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In reply to the discussion: An #Occupier said something interesting about Ron Paul... [View all]JustAnotherGen
(31,823 posts)State's Rights is a 'dog whistle' for returning to Jim Crow. The USA won the war against the johnny reb confeds. Then welcome said states back into the fold. They allowed men who had been part of the Confed Regime to vote, and fully participate in American politics.
Those same men, forgiven for all (rolling my eyes here) - then turned around and established their states rights for another 100 years. The Fed Stepping put an end to those rights for ever in the mid 1960's.
I don't understand why Paulites are so concerned about slavery? Certainly - that's the old issue. My father was a black child in Jim Crow. That's a VERY REAL Thing. A black child growing up in Alabama in the 1940's and 1950's knew very well that 'state's rights' meant that if a 13 year old black male child whistled at a white woman his lynching would sanctioned by his 'state'.
I could give a shit less about slavery - what Paul is getting folks all moist and hard about on the right is the idea that they can returned to 'better times' when 'darkies' like me knew their place.
Do you understand now - or do you need me to also explain the history of the 'Welfare Queen' and how that's a dog whistle too?
And I apologize to any dog's feelings that might be hurt as a result of me comparing "I'm not racist like THAT people" to a sweet, innocent, and loyal being.