I used to be a Democrat who believed in the idea of liberal progress and even incrementalism. I was taught like most Black folk to believe that God was on my side, and that only those evil bad racist Republicans were the stumbling block to my unlimited achievement.
I have grown up to see that that was a fallacy, a fantasy, and a lie. And not because the Republicans aren't fascist racist pigs, because they most certainly are.
This is why I evolved into an Indy Leftist & now I am out and proud.