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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30637 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Thank you. That change would be the entry of the Dixiecrats into the party. |
shizaru Send message Joined: 14 Jun 04 Posts: 1130 Credit: 1,967,904 RAC: 0 |
You've mentioned 'em a million times and now I gotta ask: Who are the dixiecups? :) Yeah, yeah I could google it but you seem to have invested in the subject... plus I'd rather hear this one from a human (like you or Kong or whoever) than some over-edited sterile wiki. (which reminds me... not sure exactly what "The Beltway" is either but that sounds like geography so I'll go google that one)* Edit: *Well that was quick. The ring-road around DC. I wonder how long it'll take for this expression to become pejorative ;) |
KWSN - MajorKong Send message Joined: 5 Jan 00 Posts: 2892 Credit: 1,499,890 RAC: 0 |
It already IS a pejorative, and has been for some time... 'Inside the Beltway'.... <spit> |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
No no, please tell us about the 'dixiecups!' (sic) |
KWSN - MajorKong Send message Joined: 5 Jan 00 Posts: 2892 Credit: 1,499,890 RAC: 0 |
No no, please tell us about the 'dixiecups!' (sic) Where do you think the <spit> goes... :P Seriously... The Dixiecrats were a splinter wing of the Democrat party back in the 1948 election. Favored continued segregation and no 'civil rights' for the blacks. In other words, KKK-style racists. Northern Democrats continued to use the term for all Southern conservative Democrats up through at least the 1990 and possibly up to this day. A lot of people also mistakenly apply the term against other political factions. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
If the Trump thing blows up do you think it may also blow up the republican hold on the old south? I am not an expert but I see allsorts of evidence of the lingering echoes from the civil war to this day in your country. Discuss.... |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30637 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
No no, please tell us about the 'dixiecups!' (sic) Adding a great many of them formally dropped out of the Democrat party when George Wallace ran for President on the American Independent party ticket. After his loss they licked their wounds and over time transformed into the religious conservative block of the Republican party as their money bought them influence. Thus switching both parties views on race. Of course they stopped formally using the name after 1948, but the ideology lives on. With the time factor, few of the original ones are still alive. Their xenophobic cause lives on in a new generation, the Tea Party. It is unfortunate Drumpf actually won outright. If he had not and gone 3rd party then the GOP would be rid of these xenophobic pigs and could return to actual government service. It does look like more that a few in the GOP want that to happen. http://www.npr.org/2016/06/16/482337068/3-more-republicans-say-they-cannot-endorse-donald-trump Perhaps they can still make it a reality. |
Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
Anybody remember Ronald Reagan saying "Mr. Gorbachev - tear down this wall." Just a hunch. But my hunch last December was Trump had an 80% chance of being the GOP nominee. Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. |
shizaru Send message Joined: 14 Jun 04 Posts: 1130 Credit: 1,967,904 RAC: 0 |
It already IS a pejorative, and has been for some time... Well that didn't take long at all! :P The Dixiecrats were a splinter wing of the Democrat party back in the 1948 election. Of course they stopped formally using the name after 1948, but the ideology lives on. Ok so it sounds like a very specific point-in-time. It also looks like the name was official as opposed to a nickname which I thought it was? For some reason my brain is coming up with the (I'm guessing) pejorative "boll weevils"... Same guys? Or better, the evolution of the same guys and their ideology? Anyway, we're talking bible-belt right? (Honest question: unkosher to say bible-belt? I assume it's just mildly irritating. I can't imagine it being supremely offensive but if it is... apologies in advance, I have no way of knowing unless someone tells me) |
KWSN - MajorKong Send message Joined: 5 Jan 00 Posts: 2892 Credit: 1,499,890 RAC: 0 |
It already IS a pejorative, and has been for some time... The Democrat party in the USA is hardly monolithic. There are numerous factions that make it up. (And yes, the Republican party is similar). The boll weevils were one such faction that arose back in the 1950s. You might say that they are an evolution of the Dixiecrats due to having many of the same viewpoints in common. The two major political parties in the USA don't really stand for anything concrete. At any point in time, they stand for what the party's leadership stands for. This changes rather frequently. The one thing that all Democrats have in common is the fact that 'they are NOT Republicans'. The one thing that all Republicans have in common is the fact that 'they are NOT Democrats'. I have known some Democrats that were WAY MORE CONSERVATIVE than some Republicans I have known. I have known some Republicans that were WAY MORE LIBERAL than some Democrats I have known. Those of you from Europe would do well to understand this point about US Politics. Neither party has a fixed agenda, and both will Fark the People if given the chance. As to 'bible-belt'... That term is highly NON-offensive down here, not even mildly irritating. Many residents of this region take the term as a badge of honor. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
No need MK, ours is just the same way. Tony Blair a CONservative in wolf's clothing... ...New Labour :-) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30637 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
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janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Drumpf v 2.0? Oh dear. Europe's major far-right parties that are sponsored by Putin. Now it's start to be very messy... https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76882&postid=1794431#1794431 |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30637 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Drumpf v 2.0? Messy? Putin loves Drumpf. It is the tea party types who have red wool over their eyes. When they wake up in the USSA it will be far too late. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Drumpf v 2.0? Putin is very smart and not a thug. And he is stinking rich just as Donald. Putin will probably meet Donald in the future. Putin 9 Donald 1 |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Putin is not a thug. He hires them and make it sure that any trace to him is gone. He still plays with humans as he did when he was a kid playing with rats in St Petersburg. Putin has also a LONG political background going back to 1990. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#Political_career Donald? Well... |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
If trump becomes president, he won't like this... WoW.!!! Talk about Communism , Socialism , and just ridiculous to pay Criminals for not committing serious crime . Sounds like Legalized Extortion of a community .....WoW !America has lost it's way for shore |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
For Trump, or for Shore? "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
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