Parties have changed since then, actually, the Republican party has been radicalized over the past 10 years, you can not compare the parties from today, to the ones in the days of the Civil War, and if you think you can, you are just kidding yourself.
Never argue with idiots, they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
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