• Hegar@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    “You start out in 1954 by saying, “N-, n-, n-.” By 1968 you can’t say “n-”—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states’ rights, and all that stuff…”

    • Lee Atwater, 1981.

    It’s been over 40 years since Republicans publicly admitted that “states’ rights” just means ‘we hate black people too’ and reporters still feel they have to pretend this is a legitimate position 🙄