CNN Slams Libertarian Children’s Books—Causing Sales to Surge

19 Apr 2022 08:37 #1 by Blazer Bob
Despite the silence on the left abt every issue that really matters, I hope the next election will bear this out.

fee.org/articles/cnn-slams-libertarian-c...TvVNFE5qxfXa1_BpTGMI

"ast week, CNN published an opinion piece arguing that the “right-wing children’s entertainment complex is upon us.” Prominently featured as a case in point were the Tuttle Twins children’s books, created by Connor Boyack to offset the progressive propaganda that many children now confront in classrooms across the country.

The books, which have sold more than 3.5 million copies, weave in libertarian themes related to individual freedom, limited government, free markets, and entrepreneurship, and frequently highlight the work of great thinkers such as Frederic Bastiat, F.A. Hayek, Ludwig von Mises, and FEE founder, Leonard Read.

“The goal is to seal conservatives' children off from a broader culture, to protect them from supposed liberal indoctrination by getting a head start on conservative indoctrination,” wrote Nicole Hemmer, a researcher at Columbia University with the Obama Presidency Oral History Project, in her CNN article.

Boyack laughed when he read that."...

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19 Apr 2022 09:00 #2 by Rick
One of the few good things resulting from Covid is the discovery of what children have been learning in our big government indoctrination centers. I haven't read any of those Tuttle Twins books, but they sound like a good balance to what has been a growing leftist bias monopoly in schools. Of course they will be a threat to the status quo, but other threats are are growing, including the number angry parents.

The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.

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19 Apr 2022 09:06 #3 by FredHayek
Yes, Zoom classes revealed a lot of propaganda being taught.

Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.

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