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CousinIT

(9,239 posts) Sat Mar 12, 2022, 08:17 PM Mar 2022

The Ages Old Republican Modus Operandi

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The Ages Old Republican Modus Operandi (Original Post) CousinIT Mar 2022 OP

from LBJ: 'Convince the Lowest White Man He's Better Than the Best Colored Man'? elleng Mar 2022 #1

Exactly. You'd think the morons who vote Republican would wise up... CousinIT Mar 2022 #2

Yes, probably lots of it is, but elleng Mar 2022 #3

elleng

(130,865 posts)

1. from LBJ: 'Convince the Lowest White Man He's Better Than the Best Colored Man'?

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Sat Mar 12, 2022, 08:24 PM

Mar 2022

Convince the Lowest White Man He’s Better Than the Best Colored Man

President Lyndon Baines Johnson, who grew up in the South and understood the politics of racism from the inside, saw it in part as a ploy to divide and conquer.

CousinIT

(9,239 posts)

2. Exactly. You'd think the morons who vote Republican would wise up...

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 12, 2022, 10:29 PM

Mar 2022

....at some point. One has to believe that because they don't, the issue is not one of ignorance but rather stupidity.

elleng

(130,865 posts)

3. Yes, probably lots of it is, but

Reply to CousinIT (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 12, 2022, 10:35 PM

Mar 2022

considering what's been done to our education 'system' recently, 'ignorance' is likely for many, TOO many.

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