OPINION: When she encounters sexist books and resentful professors in the future, she will be able to distinguish reality from deceitful information.
When people ask me why I’m a liberal, I frequently talk:” I was raised on Ronald Reagan and Rush Limbaugh”.
As a independence fighter who successfully led the effort to end the Cold War and ending communism as a result of my growing up in a Democratic household in the 1980s, I both observed and learned a respect for President Reagan and all that he did to free American households and small businesses from burdensome taxes and regulations.
However, aside from some discussions we’ve had and what she has learned in school so much, which I find to be horrifying, my 16-year-old child is quite ignorant of our 40th leader. My husband and I immediately corrected that test at education!
When I announced to my daughter we would spend some of her Labor Day Monday holiday watching the new” Reagan” movie, she was n’t exactly thrilled, but it’s a mother’s prerogative to insist on things once in a while.
It’s crucial that she comprehends and knows Reagan, not the one her biased Advanced Placement record classes teach her, training that cast him in a bad, vital, and false light. It’s crucial that she realize that he was n’t the evil, gullible caricature that many of her college professors eventually portray him as.
Mark Joseph, who contributed to the excellent documentary” Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” which explored how higher education forbids a discussion about intelligent design, produced the movie. He also contributed to other excellent conservative and faith-based films like” The Passion of the Christ” and” The Chronicles of Narnia.”
Reagan was beautifully depicted in the film, from his early convictions to his moment in Hollywood to his day as governor of California all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
When, in the 1960s, then-Governor, is one of the highlights of a typical College Fix episode, Before bringing in the National Guard, Reagan read the riot act to blame savage officials at UC Berkeley for failing to acquiesce to radical campus activists.
But the film portrayed Reagan’s softer side also, his laughter, his love for his wife Nancy, how he embraced tough work outside on his house, and his love for riding ponies.
Reagan was one of the greatest leaders this world’s been blessed with, and owing to this film, my 16-year-old got to see and understand about Reagan — lesions and all — with honesty, integrity and reliability. He was n’t perfect — no man is. But he led with confidence and judgment.
Now that I know when she encounters biased books and resentful faculty in the future, she will be able to distinguish reality from deceit. This film was more successful than my conversations with her about how special Reagan was, or the day I had her see his YouTube talk titled” Tear down this roof.”
She left with the entire history on Monday, which also paid tribute to Reagan’s Christian beliefs and the unique calling from the Lord to his career.
Reagan after reportedly said:” Freedom is never more than one century away from death. It has to be fought for and defended by each technology”.
As kids, we may arm our children with the facts, information and arguments to store communist education. The new” Reagan” video made my job easy in this regard.
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