Party switching in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I could care less what label gets thrown at me. All this obsession with what something stands for, or someone must be wrong because I am right, if you disagree with me you are racist, etc etc etc......
We have become a nation of puppets that are pressured to fall into this category or that one. Then we get to throw insults back and forth.Nothing but division and intolerance instead of agreeing to disagree and respecting the differences of opinions. Nowadays, if you even challenge someone's point of view you can expect to be assaulted, dragged through the mud, and chastized relentlessly on social media. I identify as a veteran, a displaced Flyers fan, or one of God's children.

I love claims that the Democrats are the new Republicans and visa versa. Prove it. When did this happen? Last week? The "Party of Lincoln" fought to end slavery. The Democrats fought to prolong it. The Republicans keep the Army in the South to insure that freed slaves could live in freedom. The Democrats crafted a "compromise" for the Army to leave so they could enact and enforce Jim Crowe laws. The Republicans backed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Democrats used it to chain blacks to a new form of slavery - welfare. (All of this is documented) To this day, with the full backing of the black community, the Democrats take their votes and give nothing in return. Meanwhile, Trump is reviled by Democrats for reaching out and asking "What the hell do you have to lose?" Yes, "It is amazing how many people either don't know or gloss over these important facts when attempting to make quotes or throw out slogans. "

If you just read the title, thought it was factually correct (everything on Wikipedia is correct), and believe in conspiracies, than this could be believable.

What they want you to believe is that the names changed, not the platform issues.

Let me correct the record -
1. The Republican Party was in favor of African-American rights, Democrates protested it.
2. The platform ideologies on governmental regulation switched.
3. The same people whom voted to free the slaves also realized that governmental regulation was impeding the American Dream.

So, the Republican Party is the party of Lincoln, for he, along with support of the Republicans freed the slaves.

The hidden issue within this article is how can minorities still support the party that didn't want them to be freed and prosper. Guess what, look at Baltimore, New York City, etc and you will see poverty, crime, and hard lives; most of these places have been under Democratic Leadership for Decades..