Do dittohead conservatives know that the Southern Bloc of Dems who stood against civil rights?

Question

were state-rights CONSERVATIVES???

Now, do yourself a favor and read up on where the Republicans who voted along with the liberal wing of Democrats in support of civil rights, were from.

Were they from the conservative South (where today's Repub base is at) or were they largely from the upper midwest and northeast?

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"Southern Bloc"
The name given to a group of ((CONSERVATIVE)) southern Democratic Senators, and one Republican Senator (John Tower of Texas), who opposed passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The southern bloc was led by Senator Richard Russell of Georgia.
http://www.congresslink.org/print_teaching_glossary.htm#Sbloc

June 10, 1952 - Harry Truman, speaking to Senator Russell, explains that the liberal Democrats in "Chicago, New York, St. Louis and Kansas City" would never vote for him, and "they must be kept in the Democratic Party."
http://www.ourgeorgiahistory.com/chronpop/2593

Daniel L,

Again. You are confused. There were strong liberal and conservative wings for a long time in both the Republican and Democrat Parties. It was LIBERALS from both parties who supported civil rights and conservatives who stood against them.

NAME A SINGLE CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATION THAT STOOD FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE 60s?

CAN'T BE THE COUNCIL OF CONSERVATIVE CITIZENS, NATIONAL REVIEW, OR THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY. ALL THESE GROUPS OPPOSED THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AS A "COMMUNIST MOVEMENT."

Answer 1

Nice twist there. So Al Gore Sr. and Senator Byrd are now Republicans? Nope, still got a (D) by their names. But, if you guys want Nixon, we'll gladly take JFK, RFK, and LBJ. Cause by your reasoning, the golden boy Kennedy is a republican and Nixon is a democrat.

Edit: So, there were radicals on both sides, yet somehow it's still all conservatives fault? Please, stick to original claim, stop flip flopping.

Answer 2

To this day, if you visit the Southern states like Alabama or Mississippi, the Blacks are pitifully poor and not really accepted into society. Many of them are on ramshackle farms, eking a living out of the soil, attending their churches on Sunday, and remaining dirt poor. In the cities, they are stuffed into rundown ghetto areas. The bigotry of years ago is still thriving in the South, despite some improvements.

Southern states, now known as Red States, were primarily Democratic until the Civil Rights Movement. When schools were forced to accept black students, and that parade took place to Birmingham and Martin Luther King rose to the forefront, the South turned Republican......real fast.

Years ago, they would don their sheets and beat and hang a Black, then go to Church the next morning, considering themselves good Christians. They can't do that any more, but the bigotry is there, revealed in financial differences.

Today, Rush Limbaugh preaches his lessons of hatred, and certain white people respond to this, keeping prejudice alive and well in the United States of America.

Changes must be made by the young, because the elderly are too set in their ways to encompass change. I have to admit I am quite discouraged by some of the posts on these forums. On the other hand, other posts show a perceptive, brilliant grasp of problems. There just may be some hope for the future.

Answer 3

you are stating why the people in power now in the south are Republican perhaps. The Democrats had all the power there but Strom and boys started the dixie-crat party and the only place to go was the republcan party. What should also be pointed out is the term liberal for a 60's politician is not what a liberal politician is today and the same goes for conservative

Answer 4

States Rights....What a concept....You mean those same "States Rights" provisions in the Constitution, that allowed Roe v Wade to come in?
Not that I am against Civil Rights, but don't quote thins you don't understand.
Dude, you are a bit irrational tonight. First you Generalize ALL Conservatives, then you ask us not to Generalize all Democrats....
Which is it bro??????????????
So, Gore Sr., Byrd and all those guys switched over to Republican? Missed that one I guess.............

Answer 5

many people joined the American Communist Party during this time not because of economic reasons but because it was one of the only parties in America supporting equal rights.

Answer 6

You mean like Al Gore Senior? Or are you referring to Robert Byrd?

Answer 7

Did you know that Eugene "Bull" Connor was a delegate to the DEMOCRATIC National Convention?

Answer 8

You are correct! Democrats used to be conservative, and Republicans used to be liberal. *sm*

Answer 9

The south will go the way it WANTS to go.......with or without your permission!