Because they are racists but they hate when you correctly point that out, so they claim responsibility for ending slavery because they think that will make them immune to criticism of their current racism.
A little puzzle I like to give Right Wingers who think “America ended slavery, and Conservatives helped! Where’s our thank you?”
If I were to hijack an airplane and send it into the Statue of Liberty, but at the very last minute I swerve, successfully avoid it, and return to my seat, returning control to the pilots in the process.
Do I get a medal for saving the plane, or do I get arrested for hijacking it?
Conservatives didnt help end slavery though. The Republicans at the time were not the conservative party. They were progressive relative to the Democrats of the time. Their was a ideological shift in the middle 20th century that swapped the party ideologies. Republicans today would have been Democrats back then and vice versa. They are claiming Republican victories of the past because they are technically they same party, but they in no way, shape, or form the same party ideologically, just the same name. It’s the ship of Theseus in policitical party form.
I know this, you know this, GP knows this, and Republicans know it. They’re making the argument because they think they can win with it, not because they think it’s rational.
Because they are racists but they hate when you correctly point that out, so they claim responsibility for ending slavery because they think that will make them immune to criticism of their current racism.
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A little puzzle I like to give Right Wingers who think “America ended slavery, and Conservatives helped! Where’s our thank you?”
If I were to hijack an airplane and send it into the Statue of Liberty, but at the very last minute I swerve, successfully avoid it, and return to my seat, returning control to the pilots in the process.
Do I get a medal for saving the plane, or do I get arrested for hijacking it?
Conservatives didnt help end slavery though. The Republicans at the time were not the conservative party. They were progressive relative to the Democrats of the time. Their was a ideological shift in the middle 20th century that swapped the party ideologies. Republicans today would have been Democrats back then and vice versa. They are claiming Republican victories of the past because they are technically they same party, but they in no way, shape, or form the same party ideologically, just the same name. It’s the ship of Theseus in policitical party form.
That just proves that Democrats are the real racists!
You can never win against someone that applies extreme selection bias to history.
I know this, you know this, GP knows this, and Republicans know it. They’re making the argument because they think they can win with it, not because they think it’s rational.
What’s GP?
The General Public? I dunno.