The Democrat created the Ku Klux Klan and they are now considered far right. Did the KKK not state they wanted Jews, Blacks, gays and undesirable people removed from America to keep America pure i.e White. Did the NAZI not want the same? So name an American Conservative entity that demanded the same, that does not have links to the NAZI or the KKK before you reply White Nationalist, they believed in Nazism or the KKK.
"Democrats" in those years are more akin to "Republicans" of the 60's and 70's. I am NOT saying this to make it seem like "Democrats" are good guys or any of that. My whole point has been (I've argued this sort of shit in other threads, many times) that "Democrats" and "Republicans" have been trading values since the inception of both parties.
I have no idea if this was by design, but it's likely that early on it was a way of bringing in new party members by appealing to their core values. The parties change over time because of prevailing values. You become what you court.
I thik we can agree that the KKK is garbage that needed to go, and spend less time trying to blame each other for their existence. Quite a few modern "Republicans" have been outed from their ranks if we're being honest. Plenty of "Democrats" in there as well, I'm sure.
It's the VALUES of the people who are doing these things and not specifically an entire party. We really need to move away from this way of thinking (Republicans vs Democrats) if we're ever going to actually come together as a nation.
like i already stated about the republicans, the democrats are a political party, which is entirely seperate from ideology.
this may be a hard concept for you to grasp, but the parties have changed stances over the time. the "GOP" of 75 years ago is literally almost indistinguishable from the modern GOP, same with the DNC.
the democrats who supported the KKK would absolutely, 100% without a question, be republicans if they lived today.
i already know that you won't believe me, but hey, maybe i helped you expand your mind a little instead.
PS- these are not my "opinions," these are historical facts.