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_memes_of_production t1_ixfplbt wrote

Reply to comment by Chippopotanuse in 74 Year Old Guy Just Called Me A Wiseguy and Threatened to Kick My Ass by SkinnyJoshPeck

To be fair, hating on LBJ is pretty universal

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Notmyrealname t1_ixhrqfs wrote

He sucked on the war, but was actually pretty good on just about everything else.

Edit: Social Security. Medicare. Medicaid. 1964 Civil Rights Act. 1968 Civil Rights Act. Clean Air Act. 1965 Voting Rights Act. Ended racist immigration policies in force for decades. Tons of federal money for education, rural areas, major laws to increase motor vehicle safety. Seriously, one of the best domestic presidents of the past 100 years.

Nasty person? Yup. Tell me some presidents who weren't and what they did.

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_memes_of_production t1_ixhswl4 wrote

Among other things, he habitually exposed himself to female coworkers. Not great IMO

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Notmyrealname t1_ixjjkpz wrote

JFK was probably a rapist. Clinton likely too. Still prefer them to Nixon, Reagan, the Bushes, and Trump.

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OutsiderAvatar t1_ixi53py wrote

He grabbed dogs by the ears, was racist and probably had Kennedy killed.

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Haltopen t1_ixib5cq wrote

He’s also the one who led the democrat party to kick out the pro segregation Dixiecrats and make civil rights a key part of the democrat platform so like some good some bad

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OnPointDom t1_ixj48df wrote

It’s funny that Democrats take credit for civil rights bill. But they also tried to filibuster it. And Johnson was racist. I think he was so devious that he promoted the bill just to get Democrats to switch away from the party they had freed the blacks from slavery. And for his own legacy. I did read an account that was pretty convincing of his behavior around the murder of Kennedy. It seemed to me like he was in on it.

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fendent t1_ixjt6l3 wrote

The Republicans of that era in no way shape or form resembled the party of Lincoln. By the time of the New Deal, the parties had already fully switched platforms as well as members.

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OnPointDom t1_ixjtqyf wrote

this is a false narrative. The democrats were deeply racist for a century after the civil war. all of the jim crow laws were passed by democrats. The KKK was run entirely by democrats. and democrats tried to filibuster the civil rights bill.
democrats want to make it black and white but it isnt. Prior to the civil war, it was almost impossible to find a republican who owned slaves.

But, anyway, was just mentioning the racism of LBJ like everyone else has here

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