As most here know, I’m the author of this piece.
I’ve laid out in pretty explicit detail what I consider to be the true Reagan legacy:
Faith in God.
Belief in, and commitment to, America’s founding principles.
A commitment to the protection of all human life, including the most helpless and weak among us.
An understanding of the moral basis for our country, our laws, our form of government, and our freedom.
A commitment to being a beacon of liberty to the whole world.
In other words, a total commitment to American republicanism, in the best sense of both of those words.
If you’re an honest poster, and not just trolling the thread, perhaps you can explain to us what you think his endowment to posterity might be, and who might be able to honestly lay claim to that legacy.
I won’t hold my breath awaiting your cogent, honest, decent response though, since I don’t believe in suicide.
My honest, non-trolling assessment is this: If Reagan had served his governorship and presidency in the age of the internet, where people can instantly check rhetoric against the actual actions taken and bills that are signed, he would have been savaged mercilessly among conservatives on the web and rightfully so.
The first no-fault divorce law in the country and therapeutic abortion bills signed, tax increases every year from 1982 on, the gun control acts both in Cali. and in 1986 as President, restarting subsidized grain sales to the USSR, that believe it or not Carter suspended,the illegal alien amnesty which massively shifted the voting demographics of CA, losing it for conservatives forever, etc.
The record isn't good from my perspective.