Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: The busing issue is based on one unavoidable fact. [View all]GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)But the world is filled with grey. People can and do change. This ex-conservative is living proof.
There were lots of southern democrats that while not sharing our 2019 views on race were ok with integration in 1975. But so many of these people, after seeing their young children pulled out of their neighborhood schools on order of a federal judge, were ripe for Reagans anti-federal Government bullshit.
At least that is what I witnessed in one small southern city.
Getting bussed as a young child sucked. I hated it. Not the black kids. I was born in 66. Always had black kids in class and never knew at that young age it had been any different. But being put on that bus and shipped to a school full of strangers for one year was hard. Parents saw that. It had an emotional impact.
On edit: Really enjoy this type of discussion. It is rare and lately I am guilty of becoming overly emotional and posting negative attacks. It proves that honorable people can disagree on serious issues.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden