Submitted by SkinnyJoshPeck t3_z2a7su in boston
OutsiderAvatar t1_ixi53py wrote
Reply to comment by Notmyrealname in 74 Year Old Guy Just Called Me A Wiseguy and Threatened to Kick My Ass by SkinnyJoshPeck
He grabbed dogs by the ears, was racist and probably had Kennedy killed.
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
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.
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.
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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