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QueenofSpades
History of Politics show that the Republican Party, with strong opposition from the Democratic Party:
Were formed from an organization of Abolishionists
Fought to end the status quo of slavery
Enacted the Emancipation Proclamation/ ended slavery
Enacted 13th, 14h, and 15th Amendments which extended rights to former slaves and gave blacks the new Right to Vote
Fought to end Jim Crow
Banned the KKK (formed by the Democratic Party as a terrorist group toward Republicans, mainly black Republicans)
Voted to enact 1964 Civil Rights
Ended segregation and supported Brown v Board of Education
Stop me once I get close showing their lack of care for blacks.....
In this case, it becomes clear that Democrats in the north and the south were more likely to vote for the bill than Republicans in the north and south respectively. This difference in both houses is statistically significant with over 95% confidence. It just so happened southerners made up a larger percentage of the Democratic than Republican caucus, which created the initial impression than Republicans were more in favor of the act.
The same pattern holds true when looking at ideology instead of party affiliation. The folks over at Voteview.com, who created DW-nominate scores to measure the ideology of congressmen and senators, found that the more liberal a congressman or senator was the more likely he would vote for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, once one controlled for a factor closely linked to geography.
That's why Strom Thurmond left the Democratic party soon after the Civil Right Act passed. He recognized that of the two parties, it was the Republican party that was more hospitable to his message. The Republican candidate for president in 1964, Barry Goldwater, was one of the few non-Confederate state senators to vote against the bill. He carried his home state of Arizona and swept the deep southern states – a first for a Republican ever.
luciddream
reply to post by QueenofSpades
To me, libertarians, or "democrats-in-denial" ...
is the opposite for me, 90% of the Libertarians i met are republicans in denial. Must suck for them to be in the centre.
QueenofSpades
reply to post by Gryphon66
Even though you did absolutely nothing to deconstrut my argument, I'll respond to a few of your points:
1. I never 'implied' that blacks, during Reconstruction, mimicked the lifestyles and morals of their white neighbors. They never 'adopted' any culture's ways, as this being pro-education, having 2 parents in the home, and a good work ethic were THEIR OWN ways.
2. You actually reinforced that the Republican Party worked hard to change the status quo of the day, which was slavery. The Democratic party fought hard to preserve it. How do you not understand which party worked toward the betterment for blacks?
3. Both Civil Rights Acts of 1864 and 1964 were gained by votes of Republican Congress members, even though we had a Democratic president in the office. Check your histry and see how an overwhelmng majority of Democrats fought AGAInST civil rights, both times.
4. Lastly, the DNC remains the same. The party of dependence, especially black dependence. During slavery, the DNC enacted policies to keep blacks dependent- on their slave masters, and today, their policies keep blacks dependent on government.
Different Day, Same Agenda.
QueenofSpades
reply to post by Krazysh0t
Your request to me to 'stop talking about political parties' is moot, because politics is still the root.
Values are backed and supported by political parties or not.
The thread title includes"liberal policies", so we will very muc be discussing politics.
Lastly, southern racism derrived from the fact that it was the South, mind you the Democratic South, that viewed blacks as property.
kaylaluv
QueenofSpades
reply to post by Krazysh0t
Your request to me to 'stop talking about political parties' is moot, because politics is still the root.
Values are backed and supported by political parties or not.
The thread title includes"liberal policies", so we will very muc be discussing politics.
Lastly, southern racism derrived from the fact that it was the South, mind you the Democratic South, that viewed blacks as property.
And those same southern democrats switched over to the Republican party when they realized that the party ideologies were changing, and now the GOP was more along their lines of thinking. The 'ole party switcheroo. It happened, as much as you don't want to believe it. The Republican party of today is now like what the Democratic party was before civil rights. And the Democratic party is now very similar to what the Republican party used to be before the civil war.
QueenofSpades
reply to post by Krazysh0t
Your request to me to 'stop talking about political parties' is moot, because politics is still the root.
Values are backed and supported by political parties or not.
The thread title includes"liberal policies", so we will very muc be discussing politics.
Lastly, southern racism derrived from the fact that it was the South, mind you the Democratic South, that viewed blacks as property.
And then came feminism.
Feminism refers to the sentiment that white women felt as they regarded their men (husbands, etc.) as becoming more successful than them with unequal pay. They felt “inferior’ to the white male because they were not able to hold all of the same job positions and even some political statuses as men, and felt a political and social movement was in order to gain this equal footing. Black women, striving to be like their white counterparts, were essentially 'duped' into believing that their men were controlling them and thus joined this movement....
Sadly, it was not intended for them.
Even after slavery, but before feminism and welfare, families were intact with both the father & mother to raise their children who all worked together to form a healthy team. Men went out to work and provided for the rest of the members, while women stayed home and nurtured babies, cleaned the home, and prepared the meals while providing a natural balance to the flow of a family. Instead, with the rise of feminism, women compete against men for jobs and because of this, they are expected to work 40 or more hours per week, leaving babies and young children needing to be reared by nannies or daycare centers, rarely-cleaned homes, and no one home to prepare the meals. Teamwork died. When the woman came home from work, no one was there to help her with the children, and there was usually no time to prepare a good hearty meal. McDonald’s soon became the meal of the day.
Women, before feminism, relied on traditional values and beliefs. Children did not attend daycares very young, to allow their mothers leave their homes and be part of a workforce. Naturally, that was a man’s job. They understood that men needed to be supported and needed; essentially, that was the "woman’s job", so-to-speak. They supported their men not just sexually, but emotionally. Feminism came in and made the man feel weak, and unwanted. How can he go out into the world and be motivated to provide if he doesn’t feel needed at all? Its’ natural for him to feel needed. This duo is the essence of a natural balance.
Feminism was also stated to help usher in the overgrowth of the welfare state.
According to liberals and feminists, the fundamental reasoning for poverty was that it was simply an economic problem. They assumed that poverty victims simply lacked the resources of wealth in the form of capital. Supply them with long term funding, and poverty magically disappears”...
The fact is that poverty is more of a mental state than it is a physical state. It entails a lack of motivation, irresponsibility, drug and alcohol abuse, and violence. These are all results from a dysfunctioning, single-parent household.
Majority of juvenile delinquent teens, and even imprisoned adults come out of single parent homes. Many of these children grow up never knowing their natural fathers. The Father taught the boys respect, responsibility, and most importantly, manhood. Without this, men tend to become effeminate, that is, to carry traits of a woman. They are dramatic, obsess over fashion, can't change oil in a car, live off of their "baby momma's", and tend to argue a lot because they are not equipped to resolve conflict, something learned through manhood.
How did this happen?
Feminism came in and urged women to be ‘sexually liberated’. In other words, be promiscuous because its ‘ok’. This naturally lead to the births of many out-of-wedlocked children. You add that to the welfare programs and at their reward and incentive system. More benefits are allotted to women with multiple children out-of-wedlock.
Liberal policies in general played a huge role in the destruction of the strong, nuclear family, they all agreed. Policies such as legalizing drugs, gay marriage, and abortion were all very detrimental to not only a healthy family, buy a healthy nation. Legalizing drugs sounds to me like an ‘I –can-do-whatever-I want-as long-as it-doesn’t- hurt-anyone childlike attitude”. These proponents aren't realizing that with the freedom of rampant drug use, more irresponsible behavior is bound to follow. More crime, not less crime, as the supporters of this movement would like to argue, because people will not be thinking properly. Reasoning skills are affected under the influence of drugs.
What about abortion?
This is not ‘mistake that just happens’ as its supporters proclaim. The bill allowing abortion, resulting from the 1970’s Supreme Court Case, stands as if it honors women the ‘freedom’ to do with her body as she pleases. However, she is not considering that in doing so, she has now infringed on the body of someone else; the body, or life, of the unborn. Not to mention the cost to tax payers for coverage of these medical expenses for the procedure, as usually these women are already on some form of assistance.
Abortion should not be a "quick fix"...The irresponsible behavior should be stopped before you get to the point of having to ‘fix it’ by taking a life.
QueenofSpades
reply to post by Gryphon66
Oh contraire mon frere....
The DNC and the RNC are where the party platforms are established.
Each term, the goal of the DNC or RNC is to come together on a decison for their presidential candidate AS WELL as the party platform.
The Republican Party of 1866 is not the Republican Party of 2014. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was designed by President Kennedy (a DEMOCRAT) introduced to the Floor by a DEMOCRAT (Emanuel Celler) was driven through the Congress by a DEMOCRAT (Lyndon Johnson after Kennedy's assassination) etc. etc. etc.
QueenofSpades
reply to post by Krazysh0t
(sigh....)
My points all conclude and support my premise, that feminism and other liberal policies lead to family destruction.
ketsuko
I don't disagree with a lot of what you say, but I do hope you brought asbestos underwear.
QueenofSpades
reply to post by Krazysh0t
(sigh....)
My points all conclude and support my premise, that feminism and other liberal policies lead to family destruction.