[elgabogringo]

People always drag out david duke, but how many Republican offices did that guy ever hold? ZERO.

Meanwhile, how about Democrat Robert Byrd who was an ex-KKK segregationist that was in the senate for FORTY YEARS!

Democrats are the part of slavery and segregation. They fought for slavery, they fought for segregation, they voted against the civil rights acts. TIL.

[ZeroGravitas]

This is a bit of a backhanded-compliment. People are genuinely surprised, if they don't know the history, that the republican's weren't the party of slavery. Just meditate on that fact for a moment.

[pinaceae]

you realize i am talking about current events, right? show me robert byrd's twitter postings please - vs. trump and duke.

if you truly believe that today's democrat party, the one with the black president, is pro-slavery and pro-racism, well, good riddance then.

[elgabogringo]

A) Duke has nothing to do with the republican party. It's not intellectually honest to keep bringing up David Duke as a proof-point that Republicans are racist when you dismiss that only six years ago there was a KKK grand cyclops in the Senate as a Democrat.

B) I don't think Trump is racist. It may also shock you that, despite being the party of the slavery and segregation, I don't think Democrats are racist either. In fact, I am fine having a long political discussion about ideas without ever labeling the other side with a scary name.