When America was Bad
by digby
According to Mike Huckabee in the 1970s the US was an urban nightmare overrun by gay, black muggers (disco shirt?) until Reagan the Magnificent came along to save us all:
I wonder if he got this from his favorite “historian” David Barton, to whom he wants to force Americans to listen at “at gunpoint.” If this is any indication of that “history” I’m afraid that’s what it’s going to take.
Alex Pareene explains that this is part of a series you can order for your children:
The videos are about some teenagers who travel through time, learning about American Exceptionalism. So it’s sort of like the popular U.K. series “Doctor Who” except it’s cheaply produced political propaganda. (Instead of cheaply produced science fiction.)
If you order “The Reagan Revolution” now, for just $9.95, you’ll also receive “The History Exploerer Shoulder Sack” (a $15 value!) and “The History Explorer Quick Focus Binoculars” (a $26 value!) — free! (Also, if you order now, you will automatically be signed up to purchase all future videos in the series, “for just $11.95 plus $3.95 s/h billed conveniently to your credit card.”)
In case you’re curious, there is no hint of Franklin Roosevelt in the World War II video.
There was a time when this sort of crude Leninist propaganda would disqualify someone for president. People used to call it a “lie”, a concept that is no longer operative in American life.
I know it’s funny and stupid, but I have to say that it creeps me out. If kids are being home schooled with this garbage it’s going to be very hard to de-indoctrinate them. It’s a type od sick political cultism that leads humans in very ugly directions. Seriously, it’s Kim Jong-Il stuff.