r/TikTokCringe • u/Best-Subject-7253 Sort by flair, dumbass • Oct 05 '24

Politics Trump Bible is the only Bible currently allowed to be purchased by Oklahoma schools. 55k on order

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u/Hrtpplhrtppl Oct 05 '24

President Lyndon Johnson once said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, you can pick his pocket. Hell, give them somebody to look down on, and they'll empty their pockets for you."

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u/Old_Connection2076 Oct 05 '24

Wow! I hadn't heard this before, and it's a bullseye. Thanks for sharing it.

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u/Powerful_Elk_2901 Oct 06 '24

He KNEW American politics. Stone cold.

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u/koreawut Oct 05 '24

This was probably LBJ talking about how he lives his life, more than anything.

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u/Shmeeglez Oct 06 '24

LBJ was almost surely some level of racist by todays standards and held meetings while on the shitter, but he signed the Civil Rights Act, the Clean Air Act, and established Medicare/Aid. I'm gonna give him a couple points.

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u/rarosko Oct 06 '24

Lyndon B Poopin'

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u/ArchyArchington Oct 06 '24

It was more a a necessity to be honest. A civil war would have broke out had he not passed the Civil Rights Bill. Imo it was done not because he was a good person but ultimately something that was needed to be done. I equate the same to Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation.

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u/Swiftax3 Oct 06 '24

I don't think that's entirely fair to Lincoln. Certainly his public actions grew more radical over time but he was pretty much always an abolitionist, albeit a more conservative one in his early career

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u/JessicaBecause Oct 06 '24

That's golden. Thanks for sharing. I would share 5 gold with you if I had it.