Just gonna keep this short and to the point.

We all know FDR only went so far with including black people in new deal programs to appease the southern coalition of Dems. He also denied entry for Jewish Refugees and deported many Mexicans during the Great Depression.

Once LBJ passed the Civil Rights Act, Dems essentially lost the South forever.

Nixon pulled federal funding from affordable public housing in black neighborhoods and it strengthened his base.

Reagan blamed the aids epidemic on gay people and was embraced by the country.

Obama had to run on being anti-gay marriage in 08, but ran on being pro-gay marriage in 2012 and lost some support.

Trump spent millions in anti-trans ads. And leaned into the trans panic.

I know social issues aren’t everything, but it seems like that’s the direction America has gone post Civil Rights.

  • qprimedEnglish
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    3 days ago

    we had amazing protective-angry-grandad gives vibes in '16 and '20 but that was too “radical” for the democratic powerbrokers and their mega donors .

    I have not seen one iota of change in the entrenched democratic party “stalwarts” yet. when the rubber met the road, they had one job to do and have now failed at it twice.

    edit to say: I agree with your reasoning here, but the current party makeup is apparently not up to the challenge.

    edit: word.

    • Windex007@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      I completely agree.

      I think this really serves to illustrate my one sub-point that just writing things off as “racism/bigotry” is detrimental to reforming the democratic party.

      As long as people who vote Dem are content to just accept Racism and Bigotry as justification for their own political failures, there is no incentive from the Party to stray from nominating stus quo neo-libs. They still are running as if it’s 1993.