qurlyjoeJul 21
WGBH, Boston’s PBS station, had this sign up this morning.
Oliver StuekerJul 23
Show threadMatthewchat
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Show threadCoach Spore DieselJul 22

@MatthewChat @qurlyjoe

I never knew this. Apparently, the ban didn't stick for very long, because I grew up on Sesame Street in Mississippi.

Show threadqurlyjoeJul 22
@springdiesel @MatthewChat
Perhaps, as with many memes, a grain of salt helps.
Show threadCoach Spore DieselJul 22

@qurlyjoe @MatthewChat

I looked it up and the show was voted down in April but the decision was reversed and it aired there June the same year.

Show threadqurlyjoeJul 22
@springdiesel @MatthewChat
So, technically true, but….
Show threadJonathan Arnold 🇺🇦Jul 22

@springdiesel @MatthewChat @qurlyjoe Snopes on matter (it didn't air for 3 weeks):

https://www.snopes.com/articles/469729/mississippi-sesame-street-multiracial-cast/

Mississippi officials refused to air 'Sesame Street' in 1970 because of multiracial cast

"Sesame Street," which premiered in November 1969, faced a rough road to air in the state of Mississippi. This is that story.

Snopes
Show threadcandy in the windJul 22
@MatthewChat Bavarian Publich Radio/Television (Bayerischer Rundfunk) banned it once, too.
So Bavaria is the German Mississippi, I guess?
Show threadbennyJul 23
@kjempeslu @MatthewChat no, Bavaria is German Florida, and Söder is German Florids man.
Show threadcandy in the windJul 23
@benny @MatthewChat Söder? That famous food blogger? :D
Show threadbennyJul 23
@kjempeslu @MatthewChat yes, but his portfolio is much broader
Show threadjohanJul 22
@MatthewChat @qurlyjoe That’s 3 years after I was born. Horrifying
Show thread🎓 Doc Freemo  🇳🇱Jul 22

@MatthewChat

Interesting fact, in 1970 Mississippi was overwhelmingly a Democratic, not Republican state. Whoever made this meme made an oopsie.

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Show threadAlexandre OlivaJul 22
in "Worse than Slavery", I was surprised to read that there was a time in which the Democrats were more racist than the Republicans in the US. I don't recall when it was that it flipped. maybe it wasn't that long ago?

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Show thread🎓 Doc Freemo  🇳🇱Jul 23

@lxo

The flip, like everything in politics, is a matter of opinion. But yea that is commonly described by many. generally 1870s is when the republicans moved right then early 1960s is when the democrats moved left. So there was a period there where there wasnt much left ideaology on either side.

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Show threadlibUnderseaMonkey.so 🇪🇺Jul 23
@MatthewChat @qurlyjoe @Andii Not to let the truth get in the way but Mississippi's State Legislature was 100% Democrat in 1970.
Show threadAndii אַנדִֽיJul 24
@underseamonkey @MatthewChat @qurlyjoe
Really? Was that the so called 'dixiecrat' sort? Going back to the strange meanderings of which party was on which side in the civil war? (Brit here, still working out details of USaican political history)
Show threadlibUnderseaMonkey.so 🇪🇺Jul 24
@Andii @MatthewChat @qurlyjoe The late 60s, early 70s is a tipping point across the south politically where the Republicans start to become the home party for white race focused voters and the northern Liberal wing of the Democrats finally supplants the historic racist wing in the south. Historically, it had been the Democrats who were the party of slavery for example, the Republican party was founded specifically to counter slavery and was a northern party. 1/2
Show threadAndii אַנדִֽיJul 24
@underseamonkey @MatthewChat @qurlyjoe
So, in a sense, the labels flipped in this regard during the 1960s?
And is this anything to do with the phenom I have seen mentioned a few times, that there are areas in the South where only republicans stand for election?
Show threadlibUnderseaMonkey.so 🇪🇺Jul 24
@Andii @MatthewChat @qurlyjoe Yes, the constituencies of the two main parties in the south reverse, in the case of the Democrats becoming more aligned with the northeastern liberalism we generally associate with the party (though that too was only a 20th C phenomenon) and on the Republicans, becoming what we see now, yes, becoming the party of "Dixie". As for only GOP candidates standing on some elections, I don't now but it chimes, that there could be districts where Dems can't find a candidate
Show threadlibUnderseaMonkey.so 🇪🇺Jul 24
@Andii @MatthewChat @qurlyjoe (Of course, it's far more complex and nuanced than this but as I understand it, those are the broad strokes - further research required as one would put at the end of an academic paper as a backside covering clause.)
Show threadAndii אַנדִֽיJul 24
@underseamonkey @MatthewChat @qurlyjoe
at this point broad brush strokes is fine. Covering backsides can wait..
Show threadlibUnderseaMonkey.so 🇪🇺Jul 24
@Andii @MatthewChat @qurlyjoe http://therestishistory.com episode 511 is well worth a listen on how this played out in the context of the 1968 presidential election.
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Show threadDebbie BelairJul 24
@MatthewChat @qurlyjoe That's sick.