got so annoyed at seeing idiots on tiktok and youtube argue about 20th century american party politics that i made a nearly 30 minute video trying to sketch out the history in a nuanced way. the conceit of this video, however, is that it's all from the dome! no notes, just vibes.
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Higher Level: Somerset v. Stewart
I recently asked my mom to (please) burn her life-size 2D foam Abraham Lincoln to honor his (still problematic) legacy.
We disagree on the fundamentals (i.e. reality) so my request was a non-starter
Democrats used to wear white hoods and Republicans ended slavery but over just a few generations the parties completely flipped those roles.
Reminds me of a quote/concept that comes up a lot in editing:
If you want me to speak for 5 minutes on a topic, I need a week to prepare;
If you want me to speak for 15 minutes, I need 3 days;
If you want me to speak for an hour, I'm ready now.
Obviously it'd take ten mins instead in Canva but I'd have to remember how to use it first 🤣
60+ hours a week and trying to live a life in the scant bit of
time they have left over
Is now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight..."
They want to be oppressors while simultaneously getting credit for the social progress they hate.
I could give a shit if a party is Republican or Dem, I just want to be on the side that isn't oppressing people because "it's the way things have always been".
So the problem wasn't the party so much as white southerners who wanted to keep owning slaves.
(This is on the margins but job/circumstances-driven white migration from the north to the south is also a thing.)
I feel like you could do an I-81 stuff podcast (with experts, seminar-style) if your editors let you.
That is the issue where a switch is *almost* true
The history is more nuanced than the story we tell. The religious right speaks of Justice Black and anti-Catholic
As our MAGA SCOTUS looks towards revisiting Everson to disincorporate
Some Republicans have been savvy enough to take advantage of the fact we over simplify the history in order to get their base to be dismissive of the whole party shift narrative.