The Dixiecrat Myth

[CactusCarlos]

The left is quite annoyed that myself and others dare link the racist, segregationist past in this country to Democrats, at that flies in the face of everything they claim to champion, when it comes to civil rights, racial tolerance, etc.

The Democrats’ own website, to this day, attempts to take fraudulently credit for the civil rights movement and legislation, and when called on it, the recitation is the same: “we’ve grown” and “don’t forget about the Dixiecrats”.

Defensive liberals claim the Dixiecrats, as a whole, defected from the Democrat Party when President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (no thanks to Democrats), and became Republicans which they claimed were more accepting of segregationist policies.

The rest: http://www.black-and-right.com/2010/03/19/the-dixiecrat-myth/

[JohnnyReb]

The rest: http://www.black-and-right.com/2010/03/19/the-dixiecrat-myth/

Most white southerners, not all by any means, accepted "equal rights" even if they didn't like it or agree with it because it was, after all, the "American Way". If all whites in the south had opposed equal rights, black bodies would have been stacked a mile high and no damn army would have forced it on them. Don't demand, don't order, don't require us southerners to do something, ask us and you're more likely to get what you want.  We're just naturally stubborn.......see Civil War for details.