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His summary of Perlstein's argument (which I have not read) seems to explicitly implicate "conservatism" rather than the GOP specifically.

So I think an analysis that puts Trumpism in a conservative tradition of American politics that includes the mostly Dem KKK is reasonable.

and the notion that illiberalism has come primarily from the political right in American history is probably quite defensible...

and is not, imo, at all undermined by "race riots," which is, imo, pretty damn close to a dog whistle.

Fair enough; I was responding to your initial "Republicans aren't racist" summary. Still not sure what constitutes an almost-dog-whistle tho

Fair. The clearer argument is "the current Republican party is racist, following a multiparty tradition of American conservatism."

and an almost dog whistle is something that could definitely have a legitimate point, but is probably just a dog whistle, lol.

Eh my burden of proof is a bit higher than "probably." Philadelphia, MS was a dog whistle. Alluding to black people in the body politic? nah