The battle for White votes in the South

[@umbraemilitos]

Always ask why the formerly Confederate states are all red if there were no party switch. Ask why Republicans are the ones praising the Confederacy as their "heritage."

[@匕卄モ匕卄丹れKち]

They have excuses of why they do. They’ll claim that it’s not the confederate flag but the rebel flag. Or that it’s southern pride

[@sethmiller2532]

Never let them get away with those weak responses. Always push it further. Ask why symbols of the Confederacy are southern culture and pride. Ask why they're so adamant about keeping Democrat iconography and works.

[@Matt-fl8uy]

@@匕卄モ匕卄丹れKち Their excuses aren't sincere. You prove on wrong and instead of reflecting on new information (like most folks) they'll just move onto their next talking point. They know what the southern coded language and symbols really mean and they know that you know, the rest is just farce.

[@GenerationX1984]

Ask why the modern KKK gives speeches against liberal at their racist rallies. I've asked Republicans that and have never gotten an answer. They kind of just run away from that question.

[@sethmiller2532]

@@GenerationX1984 I've had them say it doesn't matter who the KKK currently support because, apparently, only their foundation matters. I've also heard them outright lie and say that the KKK never show up at right wing events and that the Nazis don't, either. Tell them to call either group liberals or Democrats to their faces, though, and they suddenly want to change the subject.

[@hezigler]

"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior justification for selfishness." John Kenneth Galbraith

[@pansepot1490]

That’s a great quote. Only I don’t see why it only applies to “modern” conservatives. I am not aware of any society in the past that was so democratic, egalitarian and fair that it was worth conserving.

[@grantsmythe8625]

Good quote because it hits the Evangelical nail on the head.

[@blackeyedlily]

Great quote! Although describing the current Republican Party as a conservative movement is disingenuous, as I have heard many people say. A large number of their primary issues are not truly in line with what has been considered conservative values in general.

[@imperialmotoring3789]

Who? Abortion is the most selfish act a woman can commit.

[@Andromeda14167]

​@@imperialmotoring3789 this is a good example. They don't care about all the cases in which there is a valid reason for abortion. When they would be conservative, it would be a case which belongs to the field of wise woman with medical experience. But they aren't conservative. They just want an easy solutions based on burocracy, not based on the complex reality.

[@victoriabaker4400]

In the effort to keep this narrative simple, an aspect of the reality was not mentioned, which was that the Democrats had two divisions-- the northern liberals and the southern racists. FDR was a northern liberal. When it came time to structure Social Security, for example, the southern arm of the party insisted that 1) the program was administered by the states (instead of the federal gov) so that segregation and the rest of Jim Crow could continue unabated, 2) the program left out two large areas of laborers from the program, agricultural workers and domestic workers, which were the two occupations that the vast majority of Black people were employed in at the time. Other programs, such as the GI Bill, explicitly excluded the Black population, while the major housing program excluded the Black population via redlining, a practice which actively prevented Black homeownership and wealth accumulation, and essentially created Black ghettos. By the time LBJ signed the Civil Rights Acts in the 1960s, the northern liberals had taken over the entire Democratic Party and the southern racists were switching to the Republican Party. There is an edited volume called "The Black Reparations Project" that explicates this history in helpful detail and scope.

[@virginiaoflaherty2983]

They have much to atone for when they reach the heavenly gates. So much perverse cruelty for the sake of their pathetic feelings of racial superiority. I just discovered that ethnic Russians also feel racially superior and it forms the basis of their vile cruelty too.

[@redrick8900]

There was no non racist party. FDR was racist as hell.

[@Meridian83West]

@@redrick8900 Given all that Eleanor did for civil rights, including resigning from the D.A.R. when they refused to let Marian Anderson perform at Constitution Hall, I find that hard to believe. FDR made concessions to southern white Democrats to get his New Deal programs passed, but that was just in keeping with the times.

[@redrick8900]

@@Meridian83West It's crazy racist of you to try to mitigate FDR's racism by saying he wasn't that bad to black people when he put American citizens in concentration camps which weren't in keeping with any times. His wife wasn't too into civil rights then. Also, "southern white Democrats?" Get a clue. Nobody in America is more racist than right wing Yankees.

[@victoriabaker4400]

@liversuccess1420 Yes, but the federal laws that produced the conditions were because of compromises that were made between the two wings of the Democratic Party and of course with the help of Republicans over time, but I'm talking specifically about New Deal programs and the GI Bill, and expand that below to the 1960s "urban renewal" policies. Redlining policies in mortgage lending meant that Black people could not get financing to own homes in those areas, and segregated covenants meant that Black people couldn't find housing anywhere else. White flight was in part the result of federal policies favoring suburban development and nationwide racist reaction to the end of legal segregation. Then there was the series of policies that deliberately destroyed the Black Main Streets all over the country, not just in the South or Northeast, in which the Interstate Highway system was systematically routed through Black Main Streets, destroying them through eminent domain (and these were as much Republican policies by this time, it's just that the basis for it originates in Jim Crow). These are federal policies. I'm not saying there weren't local policies involved, but I am saying that it is quite clear that the compromises between the two wings of the Democratic Party did have major effects that are still resonating today. Btw, I was born in 1956 and I'm a lifelong Democrat. But we can't improve our society and right systemic wrongs if we are not crystal clear about how we got here. Those policies are reverberating today. Example: In New Orleans, a long-time majority-Black city, Black home ownership was up in the 60% range, but when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2007 and wiped out so many vast neighborhoods, especially the down-river ones (the Ninth Ward, etc), Black home ownership plunged in the development/rebuilding that occurred afterward. Similar concerns pertain today in the rebuilding of Lahaina, on Maui, where native Hawaiian people have owned homes for generations but policies of impoverishment and redevelopment could exclude those property owners from being able to stay.

[@lisaalexander3434]

Please, please, please make more "educational " videos. I like learning with humor!

[@Kenneth-c4j]

I know right? This guy is full of sh** !

[@Meridian83West]

Thank you Trae. It drives me crazy to hear people talk about political parties as if they were sports teams, not realizing that political party and political philosophy don't always go hand in hand. While LBJ was a Democrat and Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen was a Republican, the two men were good friends and worked together to get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed.

[@rittherugger160]

Today it's hard to believe that LBJ was a Texan.

[@josephgreear5789]

And it took four days of riots before they stopped sitting on their hands and passed it. All it took was lighting shit on fire. Just like the grotesque sentences of the bastard that killed George Floyd. It took riots to get “manslaughter “ to “murder”. Don’t wait for politicians when you see your community under attack. Fight back.

[@onamattapeeya]

Wow you guys really will believe anything

[@rittherugger160]

@@onamattapeeya No, it's true. LBJ was from Texas.

[@RevShifty]

@@onamattapeeya Coming from someone almost guaranteed to know far less than most people already posting in here. And it'll be god damned hilarious when you try to demonstrate how much you toootally know.

[@TheLastChickenWing]

trae, I love your stand up and your pick up truck rants. This is by far the best way to get through to people. Alot of people can identify with you, not just "southern republicans". I live in PA, where the whole state was red during the last election minus the cities in the corners and the lone county in the middle where i happen to live. I'm less than 4 hours from NYC. You're reach is broad and you have a great message. Keep it up!!!

[@imperialmotoring3789]

Imagine how I feel seeing my city, Chicago, crumble because of democrats and knowing my vote doesn't count?

[@bdadolph]

Didn’t Carville describe PA as Pittsburgh on one side Philly on the other and Alabama in between

[@TheLastChickenWing]

I don't know, but our red/blue voter map for 2020 looked like the eye of Sauron. The 4 corners and centre county was blue. That's it. @@bdadolph

[@TheLastChickenWing]

Also, the Alabama thing might have some truth to it. We are still technically Appalachian Americans here, lol.

[@illegalamishmen]

@@bdadolphwe call the center pennsyltuckey.

[@lewisrogers9263]

you did a great job of encapsulating all of the issues in one place. I have heard all of this before but never in one place at one time. I am impressed !!! Keep up the great work. I hope people are listening.

[@bikebudha01]

Why is it that smalltime youtube comedians do a better job than every major news network?

[@eliot1970]

Because they are being told what to say.,,

[@john2g1]

​@@eliot1970What? Everyone is being told what to say. No, the answer is comedians make their money telling jokes so any other chit chat is from the heart. Major news networks make their money from the news. As such their topics are profit based first and foremost.

[@annalieff-saxby568]

Try Jonathan Pie.

[@juliettebobcat704]

You're NOT small time when you know both Werner Herzog quotes AND what a 2 day vs 3 day long dead possum smells like. That's a rare skill set.

[@bdadolph]

As Shakespeare knew, it is the comical that holds truth to power and society (King Lear)

[@daylehere]

Thank you Trae. I will share this as much & as often as I can. Great job - Great explanation!

[@joycefairfield9102]

Progressives opposed slavery in 1860 and conservatives very much wanted to continue slavery. Today progressives oppose white supremacy and, you guessed it, conservatives support white supremacy. Party names come and go, however it is what is in your heart, as well as the way you treat others which define whether you are progressive or conservative.

[@virginiaoflaherty2983]

Progressives = trust others. Conservatives = fear others

[@barbaravandenbulcke190]

That's how I tend to portray it, rather than D vs R, because Trae is absolutely correct when he says that trope is both true and misleading.

[@slashz8]

Why not just ban the opposing party call it a terrorist organisation. China did it Germany did it and America has don’t it before too. Just throw the republicans in jail for treason their shouldn’t be an a opposing party to the good party.

[@geneba712]

False, is the other way around.

[@MohammedAli-hl4mr]

​@@geneba712how so

[@bubbispapa2053]

Thanks to everyone that put this together! I've gotten tired of online arguing about this subject! This is something everyone should have learned in grade school!

[@kittykitty435]

I lived through everything from the 1950s on but I never stop reading and questioning things that don't make sense. Stand back! I'm WOKE!!!

[@markpashia7067]

You will never learn that in Flori-Duh if DeSatan gets his wish.

[@virginiaoflaherty2983]

Well high school and college.

[@virginiaoflaherty2983]

@@markpashia7067 Go to a library and borrow history books. If you live in book banning areas, Amazon has every book. Even the $1.50 bad condition books are readable and are a light in the darkness.

[@Keyspoet27]

Some of us are old enough to have watched it happen in grade school - at least those of us whose parents were willing to discuss politics and current events in our presence. Fascinating times; then and now. ❤

[@richsackett3423]

The "Trae of the Hill" animation was the best thing on the internet this morning. I looked.

[@crawdadnc479]

The parties switching this way for strategic reasons is one reason we should never identify with or "believe in" political parties. Ultimately, they will always choose what is best for them, not us. Vote for the one that aligns best with your interests (or at least the one that will do the least damage), and leave your sentiment at home. Getting emotionally invested just makes it easier for them to trick you. Now, Democrats are the better choice. I've voted straight Democrat in the last few elections -- not because I believe in them, or because I think their candidates are like me or whatever, but because they're not actively trying to burn down the country. (Even if they have some secret evil plans, they haven't shown that they're competent enough to pull them off; meanwhile, the other guys invaded the fucking capitol building.) And maybe they'll be less awful to women, and queer people, and brown people, etc. and not sell the rest of us out to rich people so enthusiastically. Maybe in a hundred years it will switch again, but not anytime soon.

[@iamnobody2]

i agree with all that except the end, i really think it's up in the air as to what will happen with the gop in the next couple cycles, and if the gop immolates itsself, the dems might change too, it's hard to say

[@tomlidot4871]

Always wondered how the switch happened. thanks

[@jankwartel1860]

Thanks for your history lesson Trae and greetings from the Netherlands ❤👍✌️(you and Beau ROCK 👌)

[@juliettebobcat704]

Lekker. I've been there twice, and I love your country!! Haarlem, The Hague, Maastricht, Amsterdam...errbody needs to go see. Not all at once.

[@jankwartel1860]

@@juliettebobcat704 LOL, l was born in The Hague. I'm glad you had fun over here. 👍✌️

[@imperialmotoring3789]

How many illegals do you want us to send to the Netherlands? You need some diversity!

[@jankwartel1860]

​​@@juliettebobcat704BTW, the Dutch name for The Hague is Den Haag

[@bonnieshacket1378]

Groetjes terug.

[@AxeMan808]

I dig it! I was pleasantly surprised by the little animated section.

[@TJDuffy-ip3ue]

You left out my favorite part of Strom Thurmond's legacy; his secret black love child that he fathered. Essie Mae Butler.

[@lv6852]

i doubt old segregationist strum thought of miss sweet 16 year old butler as a love connection!

[@jvcyt298]

Thanks for making the Lee Atwater reference, his advice to Ronald Reagan went into effect almost immediately and the GOPers have been defunding or undermining public education ever since.

[@imperialmotoring3789]

Government needs to get out of the business of education. Education is not in the Constitution. Quit taking property taxes for government schools unless equal school vouchers are given to parents. Democrats have been forcing democracy upon us which is also not mentioned in the Constitution.

[@AFS-ht7bg]

Public education is an oxymoron

[@semperfi-guy]

​@@AFS-ht7bgKeep living...

[@grmpEqweer]

​@@AFS-ht7bgSpoken like a victim of a defunded school system. Good education improves health and worker productivity. It strengthens democracy.

[@virginiaoflaherty2983]

@@grmpEqweer And southern elites have historically opposed public education. Women, barefoot and pregnant to make uneducated poverty class of workers for the well off. Uneducated Black folk for the same reason. But worse, uneducated poor Whites to listen to their guff and keep them in power.

[@Bigbopper01]

Trae, this what you were born to do. More history lessons from the a southern liberal.

[@leeproulx7412]

You’re an astounding history teacher Trae.

[@bridgetsclama]

Well, he is a rocket scientist or something. Works or worked at NASA.

[@Zacky12345]

Read a book once in a while. Thing made out of paper with writing on it. The average American watches his information instead of reading it…fact The obsession with celebrities is very odd if your over 25 years of age….fact

[@leeproulx7412]

@@Zacky12345 It would be nice if people could pick up a history book and read the truth, but the reality is that those books you read in school have often been written, by people who held biases, lacked access to better documentation and were influenced by the part of the country that they came from. We live in an age where events in time have been archived, stories and records written by people who witnessed the events that shaped our countries, micro-filmed these priceless records and made them available to any researcher or average citizen that respects the truth. Your observation about celebrity influence is not entirely wrong among some of the young people on many trends, but It’s imperative to give our children a true understanding, of where we were and how we got to this point in time, to give them the knowledge and allow them to decide on what kind of future they want to shape and leave for their future generations, without repeating the mistakes of the past.

[@Zacky12345]

@@leeproulx7412 i used to produce microfilm from orbital scanners and agfa 105 camera’s I scanned the British rail original plans for the first railways in the UK. Western civilisation is finished they dont know it yet. When the youth of civilisation care more about thier eyebrows than the country they live in thats the end.

[@alexpuskas691]

@@leeproulx7412 is it that they were written by people with a bias or is it that people with a bias read them, and then disagree and claim that it is disinformation? It absolutely has to go both ways. In my experience, and I study all sides of history, the majority of what we were taught in school in the 70s and 80s is way more accurate than the renditions given by those who claim that those textbooks are not accurate. Just saying, if we do our own research, instead of just listening to the crap that came out of the mouth of the guy who did this video, we would all be better informed. The majority of people who buy that crap that this guy is saying, I just laughed at by the rest of the world, yet, the dunning and Kruger effect prevents them from realizing it.

[@misedout12]

Tried explaining the party shift to a conservative friend several years ago... ended up burning THAT bridge to ash 🙄

[@RevShifty]

They will *never* admit that happened. Objective reality has always been a conservative's greatest enemy, and they all know it on some level.

[@stewrobb2329]

They know exactly what they’re doing they love to play dumb to American history when it’s useful to their cause.

[@jvcyt298]

What is it they say about reasoning with morons or arguing with as**oles?

[@JaRule6]

An insistence upon being ignorant will burn anything to ash

[@jvcyt298]

@@JaRule6; then there's the argument that their ignorance is equal to my knowledge, that's just precious, and the symptom of a dying culture.

[@oldschoolj510]

I try to tell people this all the time. And they never listen.

[@mr.e8543]

There is a reason for that . Primarily because it's a pointless argument and dicernment .

[@oldschoolj510]

Bro I'm a active duty service member of 20 years. You don't think it's important to educate the growth of your force?

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

Wow, that was excellent. Great quotes, great message. 👍

[@tomc.7520]

This should be part of every junior high school social studies class this coming year. North and South.

[@geneba712]

Fake history?

[@tomc.7520]

@@geneba712 Maybe you should take the shit out of your ears and listen.

[@thomthom6268]

Nope. Can't do it. It might make Whites feel bad... i learned this in 2nd grade...

[@tomc.7520]

@@thomthom6268 Florida?

[@geneba712]

@@thomthom6268 Not white, but Democrats.

[@zalmaflash]

That was a good one. Thanks Trae💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@donnahenley9150]

I love a history lesson in the morning.

[@lunaumbra5179]

I love watching Trae

[@ToniGlick]

Lyndon B Johnson was an incredibly effective President. According to my recent American history prof., he would invite Senators and Reps to the White House and wouldn't let them leave until they had agreed to support his bills. He was politically savvy enough to push through many of Kennedy's projects.

[@travcollier]

Also, while LBJ was politically conniving and cynical as hell, he personally had a great deal of sympathy foe minorities and poor folks. He opposed civil rights because it was the politically smart move, but was happy to switch when it became the politically smart move to support civil rights.

[@roberthunter6927]

LBJ's worst mistake to to escalate in Vietnam. The Saigon regime was far right, and worse, it was deeply unpopular. This is not to say that the Vietcong, and North Vietnam were angels, far from it, they were ruthless thugs. They were popular because the Saigon regime was brutal, oppressive, and very anti-democracy. So ordinary Vietnamese folks were caught between a rock and a hard place. The other problem was American exceptionalism. They thought they could win in Vietnam, because well, 'Merica is the greatest country on earth! The brute fact if you don't have support for a war, it is very hard to win it, and so it proved in Vietnam. LBJ made the situation worse though. He didn't really declare war, and he certainly didn't declare a state of emergency, which would have allowed the armed forces to full mobilize, call up reserve, and extend the tenure of enlisted and officer, volunteer and conscript. This had far-reaching consequences for US military fighting power and capabilities in battle. The late Lt General Hal Moore described this in his book "We were soldiers" . he relates to the time he was a Lt. Colonel, commanding the 1/7 cavalry ] part of the 1st Cavalry Division [airmobile]. Although a brand new unit, the 1st was plagued by understaffing. No sooner was a soldier trained, than he had to leave because his enlistment obligation had expired. The 1st battalion, 7th Cavalry regiment had trained for 14 months before going to Vietnam. It and similar light infantry battalions [which were deployed by helicopter] had an establishment strength of 767 officers and men. he states that he went into the X-Ray battle with only 450 troops. Other units were in a similar state, with only 50 to 60% of their strength available [lots of draftees went home after their time in the green was up] this was before any significant battles had been fought, and units only received a few casualties. 1/7 only had a dozen dead or wounded before LZ X-Ray, and had been in country a couple of months.

[@oceanaxim]

@@roberthunter6927 TLDR

[@roberthunter6927]

@@oceanaxim TLDR to you too.

[@indianoutlaw5702]

@@roberthunter6927 And yet it was Nixon who ended the war, the unpopular war.

[@MGood-ij1hi]

I remember when Lee Atwater, who was dying of brain cancer, apologized publicly for his "Southern Strategy" . I wonder if that kept him out of Hell.

[@arabcadabra8863]

As an atheist, I'm just glad he's not here to mess things up any more. The only thing that matters is how we act and what happens in this world. Everything else is just speculation.

[@andreabrown4541]

I believe Atwater made a death bed apology to Dukakis. He never apologized to black ppl, and I feel certain black Jesus will be bringing this up.

[@goyoelburro]

*Fun Fact:* Ronald Reagan enacted California's first strict Gun Control laws after the Black Panthers decided to openly carry (legally then) rifles and shotguns in front of a courthouse...

[@SusanBloodgood-o5s]

The only Politician who “Took away guns” and He’s worshipped by the Right !?!?!?

[@miguelvelez7221]

​@@SusanBloodgood-o5sSurprise! Americans of all stripes are actually politically Incoherent but none more so than our Conservative/Evangelical/Libertarians.

[@DianaAmericaRivero]

I can listen to Trae speak all day. #SaveRegionalAccents

[@scottcromwell3387]

Republicans: "Democrats were the slave owners. Republicans never owned slaves." Democrats: "We're taking down the monuments." Republicans: "Leave our heritage alone!"

[@miguelvelez7221]

It really should be all we need to know and yet people want to act like they are having good faith debates. It's like... Sell that shit to the tourists.

[@geneba712]

Taking down the monuments? Like the statue of Lincoln or Columbus? Heritage, heritage, but the slave owners were all Democrats! 😝 It's the awful truth, but still the truth. And another awful truth for you: KKK was created by Democrats three times, til mid 20th Century.

[@andreabrown4541]

When exactly did Democrats take down their white supremacist monuments? Besides how long did it take you to even suggest taking them down? Black ppl have been complaining about them since I've been on the planet these past 64 years.

[@phoebe-annedwards8146]

@@miguelvelez7221tourists come from countries with intelligent people who know US history so we are not fooled.

[@douglasdaniel4504]

Excellent explanation of the fundamental political shift of the last fifty years. Well done.

[@iquestion8493]

Great stuff, LUS! Thanks Trae 😊

[@studiosandi]

My husband and I recently moved to South Carolina. We are thoroughly looking forward to voting for The Democratic candidate. It's funny because climate change has caused lots of us from California and Oregon to move to North Carolina and South Carolina. We are happy to bring our liberal votes with us❤

[@DaveCM]

As a liberal in N. Carolina, I welcome more to come here. The Republicans in our state and local legislation are freaking insane

[@studiosandi]

@@DaveCM thank you😊😘

[@RevShifty]

I used to live in CA myself (SF to be exact), and I don't know if you could pay me enough to live in the South. Gorgeous scenery and some amazing people to be sure. But an abhorrent political machine and the incessant need for those in office and church to try to have dominion over the private lives and affairs of every damned one would drive me all the way off the edge.

[@emperorfrozenbillrulerofan8767]

I prefer living in educated, dignified and free-thinking north, thank you very much

[@peacefulpossum2438]

@@RevShiftyThat’s why we need y’all to move south. The only way stop them is to outnumber them.

[@Carlaburgess]

Thank you so much, for laying all this out so beautifully

[@sherwinfitz]

What's so sad Trae is that this shit has to be explained. This ain't rocket science. Thank you so much for what you do! 💯

[@kellenmills5391]

Great little history summary, thank you!

[@texasca9753]

Damn that was good. I appreciate the history lesson.

[@flyingcloud9253]

So worth watching...history is so necessary to understanding where we are today! Thank you Trae....

[@jamesfearing9459]

This is a brilliant explanation of the republican Democrat crossover. If Lincoln were alive today he’d be a Democrat. Great vid!

[@imperialmotoring3789]

No. If Lincoln was alive today the Democrats would be wanting him in prison for a phone call with Zelesnkyyyyyyy.

[@ricardoconqueso]

Exactly. Look at Lincoln's other policies. They are Federalist AF. Guy wanted to do something down right progressive in all kinds of areas of the country not because of "feelings" but because they were pragmatic.

[@redrick8900]

No he wouldn't. Lincoln was all about big business. He didn't care about slaves. He was openly racist and said publicly that he would keep slavery to prevent the civil war.

[@redrick8900]

@@ricardoconqueso He gave public land to railroad companies.

[@RealGJZig]

​@@redrick8900we're talking about Abraham Lincoln, not Jesus Frikkin Christ.

[@krysti2]

Great video Trae!!*🎉🎉🎉

[@chadradke3342]

Finally!!! Thank you Trae! I’ve been saying this for years. To myself because I’m in Texas. When I hear todays republicans talk about the party of Lincoln it makes me sick. Until w bush no one could get elected as a republican in Texas. I know a guy who was a lifelong democrat with connections. Got bill Clinton’s bus to stop in a small town in ‘92 n shake hands. By 2010 he was elected on name recognition at the country level for commissioner as a democrat. Once in office chose to change affiliation to republican just to get local roads fixed. He was viewed as a pariah as a democrat.

[@garybowler5946]

I really liked this new approach, try it again Trae.

[@donnavorce8856]

Thanks Trae. We need all the information we can get. Keep it coming. Cheers

[@rexdink]

Even Cartoon Trae wears the same shirt. Love Ya like Chicken.

[@elizabethblakley2876]

Thanks for the education Trae and company

[@veganleigh4817]

Thanks, Trae. I've been trying to tell people this for years.

[@downtowndork]

I could not love this more!

[@texasca9753]

Yep, that's how I feel too. Can't wait till the next video.

[@annalieff-saxby568]

Yes, please, Trae, more of this excellent coverage of recent history. It's particularly useful to the young among us, and to those (like myself) who observe the current plight of the USA from outside. PS. Liked and subscribed.

[@johngardner1290]

I watched all this happen and saw the writing on wall. Sometimes it just takes some thinking skills to see the man behind the curtain. And I'm not knocking you, I just think in today's society most people don't really think things through.

[@annalieff-saxby568]

@@johngardner1290 I've been thinking things through for many a decade. The politics of my own country take precedence, so I find it useful to be reminded of foreign affairs.

[@imperialmotoring3789]

Are you European? Because I want the USA to be nothing like Europe.

[@jcoopes5604]

Subscribed because you got Trae! Preach brother!

[@paladro]

nixon's southern strategy often escapes the shallow gene pool crowd

[@MrDjslav5]

Nice Trae! More please!!❤🎉

[@DannySwanson-z7h]

Nice Trae! More please!!. That was a good one. Thanks Trae.

[@suspicious_white_van]

Hey Trae! Thanks for doing these videos! This is info our folks need to here.

[@g2bk]

Love this. You are awesome!

[@GCMartin2]

You have delivered one of the BEST historical accounts of how USA has traversed it RACE-baited behavior. There are 2 IMPORTANT elements not mentioned: "Separate but Equal" and FDR insuring minorities could not take advantage of the New Deal nor the GI Bill when returning from WWII. Great job.

[@amandabrown1045]

And gerrymandering - see above comment.

[@john2g1]

Well it wasn't mentioned because you are mentioning an example of Democrats being Democrats before the party switch. That's why the video went from Lincoln the Republican to LBJ the Democrat. Everyone else in between was basically keeping up the racial status quo.

[@storbokki371]

After Lincoln's assassination, the Republicans did not honor the 40 acres and a mule promised to ex-slaves that would settle the West. Republicans pretty much just gave Black voters lip service after that until FDR. Black voters changed in mass from republican to democrat around 1935 because FDR's new deal offered them all the same benefits it offered White people. Look up the history of Black congress members and specifically the flip after 1935. The realignment happened between the 1920s and the 1960s.

[@victoriabaker4400]

In the effort to keep this narrative simple, an aspect of the reality was not mentioned, which was that the Democrats had two divisions-- the northern liberals and the southern racists. FDR was a northern liberal. When it came time to structure Social Security, for example, the southern arm of the party insisted that 1) the program was administered by the states (instead of the federal gov) so that segregation and the rest of Jim Crow could continue unabated, 2) the program left out two large areas of laborers from the program, agricultural workers and domestic workers, which were the two occupations that the vast majority of Black people were employed in at the time. Other programs, such as the GI Bill, explicitly excluded the Black population, while the major housing program excluded the Black population via redlining, a practice which actively prevented Black homeownership and wealth accumulation, and essentially created Black ghettos. By the time LBJ signed the Civil Rights Acts, the northern liberals had taken over the entire Democratic Party and the southern racists were switching to the Republican Party. There is an edited volume called "The Black Reparations Project" that explicates this history in helpful detail and scope.

[@LanaMuckraker]

excellent! as usually. Love ya from Aville

[@bryenwillems]

Thanks for being a ‘good’ Southerner

[@ronaldcole7415]

Taught this subject once at college. Best way I could explain it was geography, demographics and behavioral tendencies like being liberal or conservative. First, conservatives have lived in the same places they've always lived (for the most part) for over 200 years. Southern Democrats were very conservative long ago and are still. The only thing that's changed is what they call themselves poltically. Lincoln was considered a extra liberal person. Liberals in the North didn't all decide one day to all move to the South. There aren't many there. And conservatives didn't decide one day to all move North. There aren't many there either. No, conservatives and liberals pretty much live where they've always lived. They simply changed their poltical names.

[@RevShifty]

Lincoln was progressive as hell. Much more progressive than many modern Democrats are. Destroying the centuries old tradition of American chattel slavery shouldn't really leave any doubt about that, but his speeches and writings on the real value and worth of labor impressed even Marx himself. Those are both things very few modern Democrats could agree with, and Republicans stopped standing for/began actively campaigning against decades before I was even born.

[@rhiannablumberg4803]

excellent!!! love it guys keep up the great work!!!

[@jeffreylucas7941]

You your friends and Tennessee Brando are the best!

[@kathynj6479]

THANK YOU for ACTUAL history!! I taught history, but when I retired and spent more time online, I was stunned how many people didn't understand this. Then, after a zillion explanations in response, I found out WHY they don't understand this. Most don't WANT to. But all we can do is repeat the truth over and over and hope some misinformed people are happy to learn what's true. So THANK YOU! This was excellent.

[@kerplunk9434]

Thank you for this Trae

[@retriever19golden55]

Gotta say, i do enjoy the King of the Hill segments. One of the funniest shows ever.

[@Stacy55ish]

The roles have switched long ago between the civil policies of the two parties. Lincoln was a republican, but he was also a liberal that conservatives of his time hated. He was allied with the abolitionists, who were the radical left of his day.

[@amirasindi2429]

Well stated and shared.

[@UnKnown-xs7jt]

Love love love your work😘

[@Scanlonam]

There is an argument that the "Southern Strategy" is as much about gender issues, and even the piss and vinegar over losing the Vietnam War. The fact is that there are layers of reasons why the South has long been more sexist and militaristic the the rest of the US.

[@graydanerasmussen4071]

There was a lot of residual "piss & vinegar" left over from the civil war! R or D, the south lost! And nobody likes losing, especially when simultaneously being told they are "the best in the world!" So scapegoating kicks in. Effecting social and political change is hard, and when somebody hands you a "reason" (however insane) why it's "their" fault, really, it's easy to take it. Then you are asked to commit, and soon the shift is part of your identity. The ploy is as old as the hills, and is still going strong today...

[@annalieff-saxby568]

You forgot "religiously extreme".

[@kismypencek6185]

👏👏👏👏 I didn't know these dynamics of politics. Great analogies!!!!

[@JD-mm7ur]

I'm so sick of it when this hate going to end

[@daylehere]

When enough people are educated and can discern truth from lies.

[@emperorfrozenbillrulerofan8767]

Basically never

[@sallyhinkebein257]

The "Strom and drang" line is priceless!

[@anitapownall9556]

Well said.

[@juliettebobcat704]

If the animator had turned Mia's head into a dominaker head right at the end, when she makes a cawing sort of laugh, it would make this the most perfect of episodes, ever.

[@judithbg5588]

Strom Thurmond also fathered a child on the teenaged Black servant in his family’s home.

[@louabney]

Thank you for this. I grew up in a Alabama University town and saw exactly what you're talking about

[@maivaiva1412]

The Good Crowder

[@deborahb6294]

Fabulous commentary 😊

[@jeffbrinkerhoff5121]

Trae rocks...your brain!

[@bethparker1500]

Darn, that was understandable . Thank you

[@ryanbooth2666]

"The Man Who lost his Soul" In broad daylight he came, his darkness clear. Many revering the depth of his sadness, his wounded soul. His influence growing like ivy with each and every year. His septic loathing taking root in other mens hearts, day by day. He lives for himself, only himself, hating himself, abusing others. Insatiable is his lust, his greed and his need of constant adulation. Grandiosity is first nature, masking the agony of truth he knows; about him. So he stands before wanting crowds, exalted by them, a parasite of their good will. Frightened now, being caught deep inside his own behavior, he will strike out. He will not go quietly into the night, the time being near, his darkness clear.

[@yhtomitreddar9654]

This needs to be spread to more people who don't understand that basic soundbite

[@edwardweber5655]

Remember Reagan was a Democrat. He said I didn't leave the Democrat party the Democrat leave me. And I for one glad he did 🧐

[@rhodawatkins4516]

I think we would've been better off if he had just left politics altogether.

[@Jedi_Vigilante]

Many people have a tough time recognizing that the economic situation has changed radically just in the last 20 years, trying to convince them that political parties have changed is even harder. For example, most people don't realize that there was a point in U.S. history where there were functionally 4 parties, based around whether they were socially progressive or conservative, and whether they were economically progressive or conservative. So while the country still had just 2 primary parties, both of them had a socially conservative and a socially progressive wing. This was still the case when the Civil War was heating up, with many progressive Democrats siding with Lincoln and many conservative Republicans opposing him. These days, the idea of a progressive Republican is almost an oxymoron, but that is exactly what Lincoln was. Modern Republicans have pretty much kicked everybody out of their party who has any progressive ideas, be they social or economic. In fact, they've gone so far with it that they can't really even be called conservative anymore, regressive is a far more apt term for their policies. Conservatives want to maintain the status quo, Republicans want to roll everything back to the time of the corporate monopolies of Carnegie and Rockefeller (though these days it would be more the Sacklers and the Kochs) and segregated schools...

[@ProctorsGamble]

I wish every American would see this. Great explanation Trae!

[@virginiaoflaherty2983]

Trey these lectures are informative and excellent. I like this different version of you. Thanks.

[@terryelizabeth2841]

It’s nice to have such a simple and clear resource for all the people who don’t know this history. We all need to.

[@alexpuskas691]

But that’s not what this is. Lol.

[@RevShifty]

@@alexpuskas691 That's absolutely what this was. If you had better than a fourth grade history education, you'd know that already.

[@alexpuskas691]

@@RevShifty but I guess you had better get back to school, judging by your garage, who have a couple of grades to go to get to that fourth grade education. You’re absolutely full of it.

[@GenerationX1984]

Rich man says: "The black guy is trying to take your cookie." Fox News readily agrees: "Yup. It wasn't us. We would never steal."

[@jacoblaughbon3323]

The parties actually switched under FBR, during the great depression. Dixiecrats turned into Blue Dog democrats.

[@jfterrell]

FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

[@john2g1]

This video is about the party switch for specifically racial reasons. If your belief is correct then FDR had to do something pro-Black, or the Republican party had to do something anti-Black. So what was the switching event(s) if you are correct? To be clear as the pro-slavery party since the 1800s, Democrats were definitely the anti-Black party. So what happened under FDRs tenure that supports your claim?

[@jacoblaughbon3323]

@@john2g1 I'm not sure you understand what was going on during the great depression and what was created then. Look into the legislation passed then. Democrats made a massive policy shift during that time with the creation of the Welfare System. Change in this country only really happens when white people are suffering just as much or more than everyone else.

[@storbokki371]

@@john2g1 FDR's new deal offered the same benefits regardless of race. That's all Black voters wanted. to be treated the same. See the history of Black congress members. Prior to 1935 they were Republicans. 1935 and after they were almost all democrats. Now look at the ethnic make-up of our current US congress. Minorities, including women, are well represented in congress within the Democratic Party. The Republican party is mostly old White males. Also, Lincoln had promised 40 acres and a mule to ex-slaves to settle the west. The republican party cancelled it after Lincoln's assassination. the Republican Party pretty much only offered lip service to black voters after Lincoln was assassinated. So, they jumped at the opportunities offered by FDR.

[@john2g1]

@@storbokki371 You seem to confuse the New Deal not saying that it was for any particular race as being equal to saying the New Deal was for everyone. Feel free to research how Federal housing and post WW2 VA benefits played out under the New Deal before and after FDR died. The first 10 amendments (first 13 actually) don't mention race and yet everyone knows they didn't apply to Black people free or otherwise. Just in case anyone was confused, the Supreme Court made it clear in the 1857 Dredd Scott decision. This belief (the correct belief) that the law applies to everyone equally regardless of race or sex/gender is new in practice in US history. For reference the ERA was supposed to be the first amendment based on sex initiated in 1923. It finally passed in 1972, but was never ratified. If the US failed to treat White women equally under the law in 1923 what makes you think Blacks (men and women) got equal treatment in the 1940s under the New Deal?

[@rrrosecarbinela]

Heather Cox Richardson also covers this topic in her History chats.

[@MichaelVileleagueofintrigue]

lookin forward to when trae crowder becomes senator crowder..😋😋

[@john2g1]

I doubt Trae has the juice in Tennessee to beat Marsha Blackburn or Bill Hagerty in a state election... That said, Trae lives in California a near perfect state for his campaign. Someone needs to convince Dianne Feinstein to retire, and she needs to remember that she agreed. ^^ This is not a mean spirited joke, it is the literal reality.

[@rhodawatkins4516]

@@john2g1 I'm really hoping to see Katie Porter replace Sen. Feinstein.

[@john2g1]

@@rhodawatkins4516 I don't know her but I will check her out. It's weird, each state votes for 2 senators, but a senator has so much power everyone has a vested interest in other state elections. I got so many thank you and thank GOD comments for voting in Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. Edit: Okay I knew who Katie Porter was I just didn't know her name. Yes, she would make an excellent senator. The House of Representatives is such a crazy farm nowadays I struggled to pay attention.

[@rhodawatkins4516]

@@john2g1 She and her whiteboard and well researched facts and arguments leave CEOs and Republicans stammering, searching for a response.

[@joebrice1807]

Good job. Keep doing what you are doing and more.

[@Heretic621]

Comment for the algorithm...

[@SamTahbou]

I'm always happy to listen to a reasonable Crowder speak

[@i-love-comountains3850]

If anyone else's keyboard freezes exclusively with KZbin and no other app, it's because you speak too freely to be allowed to communicate.

[@maivaiva1412]

it’s probably because your youtube app (or possibly keyboard app) is out of date, update them and check in again

[@PaulThomas-qb9cx]

I submit that Kennedy's call on Oct 26, 1960 to have MLK released from prison, coupled with Nixon's silence, was a major turning point for both parties.

[@jerriwood]

Abraham Lincoln was not as anti slavery as many think in fact he was more I don't care either way as he was the one who said. "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that."

[@john2g1]

That's not a completely true statement. When running for legislative office Lincoln was much more of an abolitionist. It wasn't until he held the executive office AND succession became a real threat that Lincoln placed Union of states over abolition. I invite you to look for some of Lincoln's earlier quotes. Some historians claim Lincoln was making himself to be a radical abolitionist for political distinction. Regardless of what the actual truth was, you're using quotes as proof so it's applicable.

[@jerriwood]

@@john2g1 I am not saying I think he really felt that way his whole life just that when it came to ending the war that was his words and the way he felt at that time.

[@john2g1]

@@jerriwood Well yeah that's my point. Lincoln could have very much found ending slavery as the number 2 most important thing to do in his presidency. He also could have found preserving the Union as the number 1 most important thing. In summary, people incorrectly use that quote as a way to rate the importance of abolition for Lincoln. The truth is this quote only proves 2 things: 1. Lincoln valued the Union over the slavery issue 2. Lincoln was not staunchly pro-slavery like Jefferson Davis, and he was not a steadfast abolitionist like John Brown

[@storbokki371]

Lincoln was very much anti-slavery. But he was also a lawyer and understood the law. The Constitution said nothing about the rights of slaves prior to the US civil war. Slavery was strictly a states right issue.

[@john2g1]

@@storbokki371 Okay first I really need you to understand that the term "states rights" has a very particular meaning outside of its plain English meaning. The US Constitution does not mention cancer-causing objects. However, California choosing to strictly label potential carcinogens isn't a "states right" issue. The US government mandated a nationwide decision on cigarette labels and cancer without a Constitutional amendment. Things not being mentioned in the Constitution does not mean that the Federal government has no power to legislate said things. Nor does it mean that states have the exclusive right to legislate (or not legislate) things that are not mentioned. The US Constitution is an incomplete set of either specific laws for governance or specific limits on the US government. The US government can make any law as long as it does not exceed US Constitutional limits. States can make any laws as long as they do not directly oppose any US law, with the Constitution being the highest law.

[@sherwinfitz]

I love listening to you and Beau of the Fifth Column. You're like the yang to Beau's ying.

[@cynthiashaw45]

Thanks for helping others to understand you can’t pick up a paint brush and color all white southerners with the same color. We grew up with forced busing and actually live and work and go to school with black people we love and admire. Never count us out. Polls are click bait and misleading. Reasonable ppl don’t take polls, or do surveys, or give their phone # and email at checkout just because they are asked. We are private ppl.

[@jamesparson]

If 90% of evangelical Christians vote Republican, is it an over generalization to say evangelical Christians are Republican?

[@sanseijedi]

"Strom and drang." -Nice one, Trae.