Quote Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito
Quote Originally Posted by Goofball
And completely ignores the fact that the progeny of slave owners are for the most part Republicans, while the progeny of non-slave owners are for the most part Democrat.

When the Republican party (the party of Abe Lincoln) was first formed, back in the 1850's (from the Whigs & Know Nothing parties), they were the anti-slavery party. The Democrats, championed by Stephen Douglas, were the party of "states rights" in regards to slavery. The Southern states were the bastion of Democrats till just after the civil rights movement, then they flip flopped. Confusing, no?
Not at all. At least not to me.

The southerners were previously Democrats, but their descendents are now Republicans, and vice versa for the northerners and their descendents. It was the irony of this situation that I was pointing out in my original post.

Are we going to keep going round and round this crazy merry-go-round?