One Candidate's Shocking Views.......

[Penn]

Alabama Democrat’s views shock his party

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Democratic Party leaders are wondering what to do about a candidate for attorney general who denies the Holocaust occurred and wants to “reawaken white racial awareness.”

Larry Darby, the founder of the Atheist Law Center, made an abortive bid for the attorney general job as a Libertarian in 2002, but only recently have his views on race and the Holocaust come to light.





Talk about a controversial issue!

 

[FromTexas]

I wouldn't use this to harpoon Democrats with. Even they can't distance themselves from him fast enough. However, this should be a reminder of what Southern Democrats really were about a few decades ago. It wasn't the Republicans no matter how much the Democrats want to lay racism at our feet. We are the true equality party... we don't look at you any different. We expect you to perform just like you were... us. Isn't that true equality? It will be interesting to watch to see how Alabama reacts, though.

 

[Penn]

What struck me about this article, was - in light of the Cynthia McKinney incident, especially in this politically charged environment, it would not be a viable platform to run with - if ever.

 

[Tonio]

a candidate for attorney general who denies the Holocaust occurred and wants to “reawaken white racial awareness.”

:davidduke:

However, this should be a reminder of what Southern Democrats really were about a few decades ago. It wasn't the Republicans no matter how much the Democrats want to lay racism at our feet.

Excellent point. Strom Thurmond was a leader among those Southern Democrats who had an agenda to perpetuate segregation. Do you know if classic meat-and-potatoes small-government Republicans in the '60s resented political carpetbaggers like Thurmond? In my view, Jim Crow was not only evil, it was big government interfering in people's personal lives.

 

[SamSpade]

I wouldn't use this to harpoon Democrats with. Even they can't distance themselves from him fast enough. However, this should be a reminder of what Southern Democrats really were about a few decades ago. It wasn't the Republicans no matter how much the Democrats want to lay racism at our feet. We are the true equality party... we don't look at you any different. We expect you to perform just like you were... us. Isn't that true equality? It will be interesting to watch to see how Alabama reacts, though.

I'm interested in your opinion on the popular view that all those bigoted southern redneck Democrats from the 50's and 60's all switched over to the Republicans in the 70's and 80's. I've argued with folks on the Internet endlessly who claim it's the only explanation for the loss of the previously stalwart Democratic South to the Republicans - they all jumped ship. So discussions with such folks over the opposition of southern Democrats during the civil rights era always ends up with "yeah well they all became Republicans". This in lieu of the fact that you can NAME actual Senators and Congressman who either CONTINUE to serve or served the remainder of their terms as Democrats, even *AFTER* the 70's and 80's.

 

[Tonio]

I've argued with folks on the Internet endlessly who claim it's the only explanation for the loss of the previously stalwart Democratic South to the Republicans - they all jumped ship. So discussions with such folks over the opposition of southern Democrats during the civil rights era always ends up with "yeah well they all became Republicans".

As you know, those folks are trying desperately to defend the Democratic Party. The South was originally solidly Democratic because of anger against Lincoln and Reconstruction, and I think that doesn't prove anything about any party. I have no interest in defending either party. Plus, opposition to desegregation wasn't just a Southern phenomenon--George Wallce did very well in Northern primaries in 1968.

 

[FromTexas]

I'm interested in your opinion on the popular view that all those bigoted southern redneck Democrats from the 50's and 60's all switched over to the Republicans in the 70's and 80's. I've argued with folks on the Internet endlessly who claim it's the only explanation for the loss of the previously stalwart Democratic South to the Republicans - they all jumped ship. So discussions with such folks over the opposition of southern Democrats during the civil rights era always ends up with "yeah well they all became Republicans". This in lieu of the fact that you can NAME actual Senators and Congressman who either CONTINUE to serve or served the remainder of their terms as Democrats, even *AFTER* the 70's and 80's.

Well, you answered yourself with my answer which would simply have been... name them. You will find very few who brought about a Republican rise. Strom changed over... and that will be their usual main point. If Strom did it he changed the face of the south! However, the real Republican rise was in the past decades... not right after the major civil rights issues.