SFCityBear said:I'm not sure Fredrick Douglass would be acceptable in Berkeley. He once said, "The Republicans, they never do enough for us. But the Democrats, they kill us." Probably in reference to the guys in white nightshirts and hoods who did bad things with ropes and matches.upsetof86 said:
Why not abolitionists like Frederick Douglass and Harriett Beacher Stowe? I have to say I always loved Rita Moreno, ageless beauty and more.
They are just labels. The parties changed. Progressives left the Republican Party 120 years ago. White racists left the Democratic Party and became Republicans over 60 years ago.