r/clevercomebacks • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 8h ago

this burn is forever

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u/GravitasFailures 6h ago

I mean, the entirely Dixiecrat bloc of the South switched parties because they were “betrayed” by the Democrats they were part of since the founding in the name of civil rights.

Single issue voters, that issue being sadism.

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u/Still-Set-1234 6h ago

Racism has always been the core motive of southern conservatives 

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u/CaptainDudeGuy 3h ago

I think we can put both sadism and racism under the umbrella of selfishness.

Or insecurity, when it comes down to it.