Comment by Herring

Comment by Herring 13 hours ago

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Those economic policies were a backlash to the 1970s Civil Rights pushes. You can always count on racists to destroy themselves rather than to stop abusing others.

johnnyanmac 11 hours ago

That LBJ quote rings true more and more with each passing year.

“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”

  • will4274 10 hours ago

    My favorite LBJ quote has always been the one about voting for Democrats for a hundred years. A true believer in equality, he was.

will4274 10 hours ago

More a backlash to the economic policies of the 1970s and their effects than the social policies of the 1970s actually.