Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990087496

We want him to recognize that however nice Gorbachev is as a personality. the system. the dictatorship. the secret police state he is in charge of is very gruesome indeed. So we are encouraging everyone in the country to do something the week of October 20. not only to celebrate the first time in history that a country became free after it was a Communist dictatorship but to encourage your local civic clubs. your local high school or college. your local Sunday school or synagogue group to take a look that week at the nature of communism. It is a comment on the late 20th century that in virtually every town in America if your Kiwanis Club or your Pilot Club. your Rotary Club. or your business and professional womens club wanted to invite a refugee from communism to come and speak about what life was like under a Communist dictatorship. You would find somebody in your town. somebody from Poland. somebody from the Soviet Union. somebody from Vietnam or Cambodia or Laos. somebody from Nicaragua or Angola or Afghanistan. It is literally possible that week for every high school class in America to spend 1 day looking at communism and listening to a refugee explain communism. It is literally possible that week that in every college class there could be a chance to study communism. Nothing would better prepare the American people and the American news media for negotiating with Gorbachev in Geneva than to stop and think about the Communist dictatorship he is in charge of.
Keywords matched
refugee

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Polish Soviet Vietnamese Cambodian Laotian Nicaraguan Angolan Afghan
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
NEWTON GINGRICH
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
GA
Gender
M
Date
1985-09-23
Speech ID
990087496
Paragraph
#2
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