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The parties flipped in the 1960s through the 1980s.
by api 3y ago
The parties flipped in the 1960s through the 1980s.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoYep but I'm being downvoted for being correct, as has become usual on HN the last year or so.
- lowercased 3y agoIt was pretty clear the GP was indicating that Republicans (today) are not satisfied with the outcome of the Civil War. If "the Republicans" and "the Democrats" of today would be in (violent?) disagreement with policies and actions taken by a party with the same name, but over 100+ years ago, why bother referencing their parties at all?
- fauxpause_ 3y agoYou’re being downvoted because your post makes a point that doesn’t matter and is distracting. The origin of the party does not matter.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoThe parent comment to which i responded reversed the parties. That's what the point is, because the parent comment was about 160 years ago, not today.
- fauxpause_ 3y agoNot really. It’s not like the parties stayed the same and switched ideologies. The people switched. The red states of today are the Democrats of back then. When people refer to republicans we know exactly what we refer to. Prior party names bring up a distracting difference.
- hobotime 3y agoThe parties flipped? If that was true, I expect the Democrats to change their name to remove the taint of their slavery ,Japanese interment camp, KKK, and Jim Crow law legacy.