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Originally posted by Krieger
Again, Lincoln was liberal. The party was liberal, and conservative. The Big Split didn't happen until the civil rights issue arose. Why you had the Dixiecrats for a bit of time as the conservative Democrats split off before joining the Republicans.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
There you go with all your "history" and "facts" trying to counter the real truth (as told in this thread) that every vehicle with a GOP sticker on the back has dragged more than one "colored" to his death. Universal truth don'tcha know.
Besides all that "history" was written by white people. Most likely by a relative of Bush who foresaw the truth of the popular GOP sport of "negro draggin'" being leaked despite Roves satanic powers of manipulation.
Originally posted by Shazam The Unbowed
Short awnser? 40+ years of entitlement propaganda. Democrats pay lip service to minority issues, while republicans are truly in interested in issues that are inherantly pro-minority, without being seen as such. For example, small business are the key to the overall economic advancement of any minority population. Strong families allow minority populations to reward thier best cultural attributes, while weeding out the weakest ones, the differences in the success of the asian and black popuations over the last 40 years, is a near perfect experiment into the effects of families on minority success. While "pro-minority" policies lead to the near destruction of the black family, the almost complete lack of "pro-asian" policies had the effect of strenghtining asians commitment to education as well as thier family bonds. The simple fact is while most people think whites are the most succesful racial group in america, the truth is, Asians are. This is extremely interesting considering that anti-asian bias was almost, if not as, strong as anti-black bias for most of Americas history, yet asians with almost no policies specifically targeted torwards them, eventually rose to becoem the most succesful racial group in america. Equally interesting is the rapidly emerging probabillity that hispanics will over take blacks as in terms of racial success shortly despite far fewer "advantages" in terms of competing in american society.
The sad truth seems to me to be, that while democratic ideas "sell" better in minority communities, republican policies work better.
Originally posted by jam321
You make some good points. But if this is the case then why don't the Republicans educate the African Americans and other minorities on what they have done for them. At the same time they are educating they could invest more in rebuilding their communities which in return would create more good will toward the republicans platform.
When was the last time you saw Republicans make an effort to solve the issues of the urban ghettos which are mainly minorities?
I ain't one to say that Republicans are racist. I just don't think that they have made a good case as to why minorities should follow their platform.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
I was trying to be funny. Guess I failed?
Oh well.
Originally posted by thematrix
How could a party filled with people who honnestly feel they are Above and more worthy then everyone else attract any minoritys who exist because they are groups suffering discrimination by people who think they are above and more worthy then everyone else?
Originally posted by thematrix
How could a party filled with people who honnestly feel they are Above and more worthy then everyone else attract any minoritys who exist because they are groups suffering discrimination by people who think they are above and more worthy then everyone else?
it'll always be the same people at the helm.