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That is one of the more ridiculous statements that a person could conceivably make.  [[User:Murray|Murray]] 22:46, 11 June 2009 (EDT)
 
That is one of the more ridiculous statements that a person could conceivably make.  [[User:Murray|Murray]] 22:46, 11 June 2009 (EDT)
 
:Can't please everyone, explain to me Democrat Jim Crow's laws that legalized segregation which lasted up to the 1960s, primarily through the deep and extensive power of Southern Democrats. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:01, 11 June 2009 (EDT)
 
:Can't please everyone, explain to me Democrat Jim Crow's laws that legalized segregation which lasted up to the 1960s, primarily through the deep and extensive power of Southern Democrats. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:01, 11 June 2009 (EDT)
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::While Southern Democrats supported segregation, they arguably weren't liberals- in fact, the modern alignment of the US political parties is largely a result of the split between the conservative (mostly on social issues, particularly on segregation) Southern Democrats and the rest of the party.  Similarly, the KKK was also drawn from the (more extreme) Southern Democrats.[[User:Umlaut|Umlaut]] 21:49, 12 June 2009 (EDT)
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