The cornerstone of what is commonly referred to as the 'Great Society' was the civil rights act of 1964. Say plainly. Do you consider the passage of that act a good or a bad thing? Was that one of those Democrat policies that hurt African Americans? Keep in mind that Republicans, except for a precious few, fought that legislation tooth and nail.

I'm neither a Democrat nor a Republican but it's clear to me that today's Republicans are guilty of a lot of revisionist history. When they rail against liberalism they inevitably fail to acknowledge that without it Jim Crow would likely still be the norm in this country.

I'm opposed to unbridled liberalism but fair is fair. Neither party has the market corned on virtue or righteousness, and certainly neither has an unsullied history.

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