Subject: Re: Hey Tommy Tuberville...
No....the initial argument raised by LurkerMom was to mention that opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was mostly led by Democrats. LM was the one who was making that "very lazy thing to assume that people don't change culturally over time."

So let's examine that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... (Assuming wiki has it right)

Vote totals
Totals are in Yea'Nay format:

The original House version: 290'130 (69'31%)[1]
Cloture in the Senate: 71'29
The Senate version: 73'27[2]
The Senate version, as voted on by the House: 289'126 (70'30%)[3]

"Remarks upon Signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964"
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Public statement by Lyndon B. Johnson of July 2, 1964, about the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
"Remarks upon Signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964"
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By party
The original House version:[1]

Democratic Party: 152'96 (61'39%)
Republican Party: 138'34 (80'20%)
Cloture in the Senate:[35]

Democratic Party: 44'23 (66'34%)
Republican Party: 27'6 (82'18%)
The Senate version:[2]

Democratic Party: 46'21 (69'31%)
Republican Party: 27'6 (82'18%)
The Senate version, voted on by the House:[3]

Democratic Party: 153'91 (63'37%)
Republican Party: 136'35 (80'20%)

So the GOP outvoted the dems on the CRA.

You need to talk with more lefties. Almost every lefty that's interested in Civil Rights is aware of Southern conservative opposition to the bill, the existence of the Solid South, and George Wallace's siphoning off of the Dixiecrats in order to try to preserve segregation. ♫♫"In Birmingham they love the gub'nor...."♫♫

You're singing "Sweet Home Alabama", which is much more nuanced a song that something just about raaacism. For example
Big wheels keep on turning
Carry me home to see my kin
Singing songs about the southland
I miss Alabamy once again
And I think it's a sin, yes

Well, I heard Mr. Young sing about her
Well, I heard old Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow

In other words, don't dump on the entire South because of 1 thing. "We thought Neil was shooting all the ducks in order to kill one or two," said Ronnie Van Zant at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

If you analyze the Civil Rights Act under the political spectrum that the two parties ended up sorting on, it is fundamentally a liberal piece of legislation. You can see that if you try to identify which modern party's ideology is more supportive of the core concept of the Civil Rights Act - the use of federal power to restrict private parties and local political organizations in order to protect the interests of historically disfavored minorities.

You should have capitalized "liberal". It's a piece of legislation that affirms some of America's core principles, which is what the GOP is for.