Can someone explain that to me? How can they be members of this board and know absolutely nothing about American history? Especially after all the discussion?
Sure, there was another poster who posted that the founding fathers were liberals. OK, they were liberals because they rebelled against the king? Following that logic then the confederates also rebelled thus they have to be liberals. And Clive Bundy and his bunch, they too must be liberals.
In fact what is said is that the democrat party was the party of slavery thus the party of the confederacy. they own it yet deny it.
Misuse of the word liberal
The founding fathers were mostly libertarians
They wanted less government intrusion into the lives and economy
and they wanted more individual freedom
The confederates were traditionalist
They resisted social change and wished to maintain the status quo of the south.
Note:
The traditionalist of that time were the Democrats
These same traditionalist Democrats were also the ones that started Jim Crow.(a different generation)
They also argued against integrating the military(and lost--again, another Generation)
They fought against Civil Rights and integration(Another generation)
All the above were traditionalists, trying to hold the status quo on society
All the above were Democrats as well
Now, who are todays traditionalists--i.e. who is trying to hold the social status quo on issues such as marriage, women rights, and immigration?
It is just natural for minorities to oppose the traditionalist. It is usually the traditionalists that stands in their way.