This article dovetails nicely with the point of my Master's Thesis
Which pointed out the same thing, comparing the speeches and writings of Theodore G. Bilbo to George Wallace, ending with the echoes of Reagan's speeches. It's nice to see some validation, albeit 15 years later. Although it is somewhat comical that people are still arguing about it. This was considered more or less a fact when I went to school in the early '90's. And now apparently some people are trying to say that the Republican message of 'States Rights' wasn't a veiled message of opposition to the Civil Rights movement, and the ensuing policies. That's just downright foolish in my mind, talk about revisionist history.
I'm not downplaying the impact of Reagan, I voted for him twice, he really changed the body politic for the better. But there was a dark side to the Reagan Conservatives, and this is one example.
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