That is because you choose to understand it that way. What Pres. Reagan was doing was to take the idea back from the racists and to return it to what it really means...
You've completely ignored my post on page 14 and the words of Bob Herbert''s
New York Times OP-ED piece from November 13, 2007 - which laid out in no uncertain terms exactly HOW Ronald Reagan was a hater.
Just because one chooses to ignore the evidence of bad behavior of a much admired political figure laid out clearly by said politician's critics - doesn't excuse the denial of the facts.
...and it is the very undeniable facts that Mr. Reagan was a hater is the reason for this thread.
