Ya know, if post Civil War reconstruction had actually happened and we'd de-confederated the South like we de-nazi'd Germany and Japan the GOP wouldnt exist today.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Well, kinda, since the parties swapped roles in the Southern Strategy as a response to the civil rights movements, back then the democrats were the overtly racist ones. So we could assume the GOP would still exist but it would look nothing like the "modern" (hah) version.

[–] MyPornViewingAccount@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, the nuance of the party swap in the 60s is lost on most people.

Thats how my ultra-maga relatives get to prpudly post on FB how theyre the party of Lincoln and in the very next post proclaim their hatred anything farther left than the taliban.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

"We're the party of Lincoln, that's why everything needs to be named after a Confederate general. State's rights."

[–] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

"Modern" -> "current"

[–] kashifshah@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 6 months ago

And we’d probably have actual human rights laws in America, instead of means-tested, drug-tested government aid.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The U.S. Did Not Defeat Fascism in WWII, It Discretely Internationalized It

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Spelling errors in titles really grind my goat.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Seeing how there aren’t any, that seems to be a non sequitur.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

"Discretely" should be "discreetly". One means "separately" and the other "unobtrusively".

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

That’s true. Ten points for Ravenclaw.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

You could argue that using the wrong homophone transcends mere misspelling and becomes a different category of error...