Quote Originally Posted by Tgo01 View Post
The premise of Democrats switching parties to Republican because of civil rights doesn't even begin to make sense. As a percentage more Republicans voted for the civil rights act than Democrats, so why would Democrats be like "I'm gonna show them Democrats for voting for the civil rights act by joining the party who was even more in favor of it!"

Also your argument instantly falls apart (which is probably why you don't even bother to mention it) when you include all of the racist Democrats who remained racist Democrats and continued to win elections, such as Robert Byrd who died a racist Democrat in 2010 while still holding office.
This is funny. Even though Democrats drafted Civil Rights Act of 1964 and a majority of Democrats voted for the Act, and a Democrat President signed it into law, Dreaven would like you to believe it was a wholly Republican endeavor. Nice spin.