Southern Strategy denialism

[BrainGlutton]

@BrainGlutton

Dumb enough to take it seriously when RWs call Dems the racist party because of their pre-1960s history; which messaging depends on Southern Strategy denial, or simply unstated dismissal.

See, e.g.:

@puddleglum

The Southern Strategy myth is a way liberals get to white wash the Democrat party’s racist roots. They get to pretend that progessives and liberals were always on the side of the angels . . .

Liberals always were on the side of the angels WRT race relations, but did not always dominate the Democratic Party (and do not now, but that’s another discussion).

@puddleglum

. . . and that Republicans now are as racist as Democrats used to be before civil rights.

Where do you think the racist Democrats went?