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An intellectually dishonest history of the Democratic Party, by Prager "University" (self.badhistory)

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https://youtu.be/g_a7dQXilCo

In which unaccredited right-wing propagandists gloss over the undeniable historical reality of Nixon's Southern Strategy that won racist Southern Democrats over to the GOP, and bring out the usual "Democratic welfare plantation" canards hedging on racist stereotypes that deny black people individual agency due to some fundamentally "lazy" nature.

But really, this whole dishonest inversion narrative that Democrats are the real racists can be easily debunked with a single question: Which party do today's modern "Alt-Right" racists turn out in droves to vote for? (Hint: Not the Democrats.)

They got a black female political science professor to trot out this willfully ignorant garbage for the right, so they must not be racists! Call them out for using a black woman to push intellectually dishonest talking points about historical racism, and you must be the real racists!

I don't know whether or not it's racially judgmental to accuse them of tokenism, and will refrain from "Auntie Tom" accusations, but Prager seem to be doing this all out of bad faith, which reflects all the worse on them.

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[–]TimothyNWell, if you take away 27 ポイント28 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I know people that take this a gospel; it's ridiculous.

[–]figurativelypam 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (3子コメント)

What the hell is Prager University? Google doesn't turn up anything besides youtube videos. Is it just the name of a channel or is there some sort of fly by night school here?

[–]dustin_allan 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Is it just the name of a channel

Yes, pretty much. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Prager

In 2009, Prager started a website, Prager University, offering five-minute videos on various subjects such as the Ten Commandments, the minimum wage, the Middle East, Global warming, and happiness with a conservative perspective.[7] Video contributors are varied and include columnists George Will and Bret Stephens, British historians Paul Johnson and Andrew Roberts, American Enterprise Institute President Arthur Brooks, former Prime Minister of Spain José María Aznar, several university professors, and Prager himself.

According to Prager, he created the site to challenge the "unhealthy effect intellectually and morally" of the American higher education system.[8] In 2016, fifteen of these videos have been partially censored as "restricted" by YouTube.[9]

[–]WikiTextBot 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Dennis Prager

Dennis Mark Prager (/ˈpreɪɡər/; born August 2, 1948) is an American conservative and nationally syndicated radio talk show host, columnist, author, and public speaker.

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[–]LeftRat 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

TL;DR: it's a hyper conservative think-tank/propaganda machine that pumps YT videos out. They often find morally bankrupt people from traditionally non-republican demographics to parrot their narrative.

[–]O_norte-americanoHeterosexuality led to the fall of Rome 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

To be honest, I do think it is a little unfair that if a Republican/right-wing association has no black people, the group is considered racist. But if they have some black people, the black conservatives are dismissed as Uncle Toms. Same thing goes for Latino, Asian, and gay conservatives.

That being said, I think it is important to consider why the vast majority of non-white and LGBT Americans hate the Republican Party (to a lesser extent, women too, as every Republican presidential candidate has lost the female vote since the 1980s). Similarly, Republicans should address why so many white supremacists like them.

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[–]A_BIG_MEAN_DOG 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

the fact that roger stone gets to trot his ass out on CNN and spew this same bullshit without people calling him on it is mind boggling to me. i hate that we live in a world where everyone has to have a background in history and geopolitics because half of the people involved in the discourse are perfectly willing to just lie their asses off about shit.

[–]Sam_R_K 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Has Prager ever done an accurate video on anything?

[–]VultureV1 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

What's up with prager univ? All their stuff seem to be plain agenda pushing in guise of academic videos.

[–]JohnTheOrc 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Hardly any explanation of what's wrong with the video AND talking politics. This post is a real winner.

[–]stairway-to-kevin 17 ポイント18 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well it is a mind-numbingly simple explanation as to why the claim is wrong

[–]The740Rommel was more honorable than Grove, less than Earnshaw 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

"can be easily debunked"

Doesn't debunk it except by asking a rhetorical question about an event that happened six months ago

[–]yoshiKUncultured savage since 476 AD 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

And is there an actual historical problem with the video? The southern strategy can easily be accounted for by noting that, a) Nixon was after the historical portion of the video stops and b) the video only talks peripherally about the GOP.

[–]I_stare_at_everyone -1 ポイント0 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Hot take: Both major American political parties are fundamentally imperialist and racist, and this is more accurate than centerist liberals feel comfortable admitting.

[–]drinkyourcornliquor 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Hotter take: One is worse than the other

[–]LuxNocte -2 ポイント-1 ポイント  (3子コメント)

It's really scary that she's a political science professor.

I'll be honest, whenever I see an educated white guy spouting this sort of nonsense, I assume they're just being willfully intellectually dishonest for their own benefit. I can't wrap my mind around how an educated black person could get led down this path.

[–]AnswersQuestionsBot 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Your view that an entire race should think the way you want or there is something wrong with them (just like OP) is racist. People on the left throw that word around often, but I don't think you or they understand it. It is atrocious that you judge her qualifications as a political science professor based on her race and openly admit you would give a white guy a pass because he is just self serving. Take a moment and try to realize that perhaps the way you have been taught to see the world and race is all wrong. Equality meant a we DONT judge people on the color of their skin - good or bad, and whether or not we disagree with them. Your statement shows how automatically you do. You have very deep seated racist views. I fully expect you to hotly defend them with nothing but emotion and broken logic. That would only show how profound your racism is. Be objective and realize you attacked a professor based on her race first and her political views second. Lastly, education should always present students both political views in a safe open environment, free of bullies and racists like you. It "scares" you that she is a professor? What a fascist. I hope you grow and soften your terrible way of thinking. This thread has several similar posts to yours, I chose to respond to yours because I felt it was the most blatant.

[–]makalasu 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

lmao

[–]LuxNocte 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think that fact exists.

I understand when someone ignores obvious facts when it serves their own interests. I don't understand why people ignore obvious facts that should be plain from their own lived experience.

Note that "understanding" is not "giving someone a pass". Note that this is posted in /r/badhistory, so I didn't feel the need to argue about how wrong she is, I'm only wondering about why she is so clearly wrong.

I judge her qualifications as a political science professor because she stood up in this video and said a lot of stupid shit.

[–]lightfire409 -4 ポイント-3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

TL;DR: Believe MY left wing propaganda not their right wing propaganda!

[–]A_BIG_MEAN_DOG 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

i'm kind of talking past you, because i'm not in any way interested in engaging you about the historical record that i know you a) know nothing about, b) couldn't care less about and c) aren't willing to learn.

but to me your comment is a perfect example of the "i'm not an expert so nobody is" mentality, and a good reminder of what we're up against. so thanks.