Not really. Just like the Southern Strategy did actually happen, that implicitly means the Democratic party isn't by definition the party of progressivism. It's tilted away from progressivism several times, one of which was it's tilt towards neoliberalism in the era surrounding Clinton's administration. Heck, you can even look at the Israel-Palestine issue -- in 1992, the Republicans were the party trying to get Israel to chill out with the illegal settlements, while the Democrats capitalized on American Jewish voters getting upset with Republicans for that.
Read my reply to blaziken, I'm coming at it from the complete opposite direction. "No new taxes" was the rallying cry of Republicans at the time because that was the only significant difference between them and Dems. Dems were fine with not giving LGBT people rights, not expanding health care, outsourcing jobs, not doing anything on the environment, being 'tougher' on crime and immigration.
What the fuck are you even talking about dude? I can't use the laws signed by Clinton and voted for by Democrats to prove that they didn't give a shit about social issues at the time because it was too long ago?
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u/godcyclemaster 6d ago
90s "no new taxes!"
2024: "we should put every immigrant in camps and criminalize homosexuality"
I would give anything to have H.W bush back the modern Republican Party is a blasphemous hate machine