@timgatewood @RiaResists @[email protected] @CivilityFan @skykiss

I figured you were confused by "Democrats" and that's why I posted a link to #SouthernStrategy that separates #ModernDemocrats, #SouthernDemocrats, #BourbonDemocrats, and #Dixiecrats here https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111346223337568439

It is complicated, but the gist is summarized in the thesis that societies are neither static nor homogenous. See https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111346147083193639

@timgatewood @RiaResists @[email protected] @CivilityFan @skykiss

#KevinPhillips' book, “The Emerging Republican Majority” provided a blueprint for Southern Strategy ⬆️ #Republican Party adopted to win over #White voters alienated by #Democratic Party embrace of #CivilRights in 1960s. He pushed to exploit White racial anxieties. Beginning with #Nixon, it produced GOP majorities for decades

#ModernDemocrats #SoutherDemocrats #BourbonDemocrats #Dixiecrats #SouthernStrategy #GOP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/12/southern-strategy-kevin-phillips-republican-party-trump/

@timgatewood @RiaResists @[email protected] @CivilityFan @skykiss

I'm guessing you've conflated "Dems" above with #ModernDemocrats, #SoutherDemocrats, #BourbonDemocrats, and #Dixiecrats

It's difficult to understand that societies aren't static. Times change. People change. Countries change. Their attitudes & policies change. Even more difficult to fathom is that societies aren't homogenous. Not all of #USA thinks the same way

About societies being neither static nor homogenous
https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111332482184536782