Talk:Dixiecrat

message: Robert Byrd
Democrat Senator and Klan Organizer/Leader
Bill Clinton said in his eulogy, "There are a lot of people who wrote these eulogies for Senator Byrd in the newspapers -- and I read a bunch of them -- and they mentioned that he once had a fleeting association with the Ku Klux Klan. And what does that mean? I'll tell what you it means. He was a country boy from the hills and hollers of West Virginia. He was trying to get elected."(as a democrat) "The family feeling, The clan loyalty, the fanatic independence,. the desire for a hand up, not a hand out, the willingness to fight when put into a corner -- that has often got the people from whom Senator Byrd and I sprang in trouble, because we didn't keep learning and growing and understanding that all the African-Americans who have been left out and left down and lived for going to church and lived to see their kids get a better deal, and have their children sign up for the military when they're needed -- they're just like we are"
According to wiki,
Byrd's political career spanned more than sixty years. He first entered the political arena by organizing and leading a local chapter of the [Ku Klux Klan] in the 1940s 
He then served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1947 to 1950, and the West Virginia State Senate from 1950 to 1952. Initially elected to the [United States House of Representatives] in 1952, Byrd served there for six years before being elected to the Senate in [1958 United States Senate election in West Virginia|1958]. He rose to become one of the Senate's most powerful members, serving as secretary of the [Senate Democratic Caucus] from 1967 to 1971 and—after defeating his longtime colleague [Ted Kennedy] for the job—as [Senate Majority Whip] from 1971 to 1977. Over the next 12 years, Byrd led the Democratic caucus as [Senate Majority Leader] and [Senate Minority Leader].
https://www.historynet.com/robert-byrd-consorts-kkk-grand-dragon/?f
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd
https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/wjclintonrobertbyrdeulogy.htm 184.170.78.152 (talk) 05:22, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: To answer your initial question: yes. Who have they politically endorsed the past few decades? Also check out Southern strategy. EvergreenFir (talk) 05:58, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Klan Is Right Wing? 

message: Is there any idea what the mealy-peely wording in the lead is supposed to mean? 
After the 1948 election, its leaders generally returned to the Democratic Party, at least for a time,[6] prior to the realignment of party ideologies that occurred over the next several decades. 
Shouldn't we just say something like: 1.) "The GOP attracted the support of white supremacists/segregationists" 2.) While pointing out that many held "left-wing economic views" (at least for whites.)
I feel like we should just say that. KlayCax (talk) 02:50, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Leading wording

message: change "faction" to "fraction" 151.251.246.140 (talk) 23:02, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: Faction is the correct word EvergreenFir (talk) 23:11, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 17 February 2024