No. of Recommendations: 12
"They were, and still are, an extremist right-wing xian organization. In the late 1800s, and well into the 1900s, Dems and Reps were not the same as they are today. Back in the day, you had actual conservative Dems and liberal Reps. The sharper division happened in the mid 1960s with the CRA. Southern Dems became Reps.
So, yes, technically people labeled "Dems" very well may have founded the KKK 150 years ago (not sure of the founders' political parties, but they were southern Confederates, so there's a good chance). Had they lived long enough (I'm pretty sure all the Confederate officers were dead by then), they would have switched parties to "Rep" after 1964, as most Southern Dems did. And what party did they switch to in the 60s?? Republican. The "GOP" became the home of the racists, and the right-wing xian groups like the KKK. And it has been so ever since."
Yes. This is all correct. Dope likes to play dumb about the last 50 years of southern politics. After all, playing dumb is what Dope does best.
The best way to correct him is to say that the KKK is a Conservative organization. That was true at its founding and is still true today.
