Liberty Toastmasters, Second Amendment Fights, and Exposing Woke Education Tactics

On this snowy Tuesday, November 29, 2022, Kim Monson welcomed Liberty Toastmasters speakers Dave Walden, Rick Rome, and Marshall Dawson to discuss the essence of liberty. Citizen activist Cindy David alerted listeners to proposed gun control ordinances in Broomfield, while Wade Miller from the Center for Renewing America exposed how critical race theory infiltrates schools under different names.

The Essence of Individual Liberty

Start listening at 3:46 – Hour 1

Dave Walden, president of Liberty Toastmasters North, opened the discussion by connecting political freedom to the moral responsibility each person holds for their own life. Now in his 79th year, Walden has witnessed radical changes in America, watching the erosion of individual sovereignty over 250 years. He traces the nation’s founding to a revolutionary idea: that government could be consistent with human nature and individual responsibility.

Walden quoted Barry Goldwater’s 1963 declaration that he sought not to streamline government but to reduce its size, not to promote welfare but to extend freedom. The quote stands in stark contrast to modern Republican conservatism, Walden argued, reminding listeners that the Founders codified the right of each person to live their life as they see fit.

“We were founded on the idea of the individual being, quote, sovereign, unquote. And we have, for 250 years, been slowly eroding that right, that freedom, that concept, that moral obligation to live your life as you seek it.”

Dave Walden, President, Liberty Toastmasters North

Table Topics: Exercising the Choice of Liberty

Start listening at 29:16 – Hour 1

Rick Rome from Liberty Toastmasters Denver connected liberty to faith, recalling a parochial school instructor who taught that questioning reveals God’s will. Rome argued that the Founding Fathers explored ancient Greek and Roman concepts of liberty, ultimately recognizing that promoting individual freedom brings God’s will to earth. He found the masking of children particularly offensive, stripping people of their identity.

“Freedom, the concept of freedom, it’s a political concept, but it’s derived from the moral concept that each of us is responsible for how we choose to live our lives, what we choose to do with them, how we choose to interact with others.”

Rick Rome, Liberty Toastmasters Denver

Marshall Dawson, who recently ran for office in District 2, challenged the audience to consider how to convince the other side rather than simply preaching to the choir. He noted that people might argue they have freedom because they can choose between chicken or beef at restaurants, but true liberty means the freedom to create, to start businesses, and to govern one’s own destiny.

“I think the other side would argue that we are 100% at liberty here in America. You know, they might say, look at all the restaurants that we have.”

Marshall Dawson, Liberty Toastmasters North

Second Amendment Under Attack in Broomfield

Start listening at 19:09 – Hour 1

Cindy David, a concerned citizen from Broomfield, warned that the city council was considering new gun ordinances at their 6 p.m. meeting that night. The proposed regulations would raise the purchase age for long guns from 18 to 21, impose a 10-day waiting period, and require extensive in-person training covering mental health awareness, situational awareness, and state and local laws.

David pointed out the absurdity: at 18, young adults can join the military and vote, but Broomfield wants to say they are not responsible enough to hold a gun. The ordinances would effectively kill gun sales in Broomfield while buyers simply cross city lines to Thornton or Westminster. She urged listeners to attend the meeting or send respectful emails to protest the creeping local assault on the Second Amendment.

“At 18, you can join the military and serve our country. You can vote, but you’re not responsible enough to hold a gun.”

Cindy David, Broomfield Citizen Activist

Vaccine Injuries and Taking Responsibility for Health

Start listening at 63:04 – Hour 2

Dr. Rachel Corbett of Roots Medical discussed the disturbing emails she has received about vaccine injuries and deaths. She urged listeners to plant seeds with doctors and in their communities, noting that you cannot change anybody’s mind if they do not want to be changed, but you can help them eventually see what is in front of them.

Dr. Corbett made three asks: plant seeds about vaccine side effects, put money behind organizations fighting through lawsuits and research, and get healthy. She argued that if you want to get back at the drug companies, take responsibility for your own health through eating well, exercising, and reducing stress. The mRNA vaccines differ from all previous vaccines because nanolipid particles travel throughout the body and can cross the blood-brain barrier.

“If you want to get back at the drug companies, then get healthy. You know, they’re just giving us what we are asking for. And we need to get healthy as a country.”

Dr. Rachel Corbett, Roots Medical

Exposing Critical Race Theory and Woke Education Tactics

Start listening at 73:28 – Hour 2

Wade Miller, executive director of the Center for Renewing America, explained how his organization was created after the Trump administration to institutionalize America First policies in Washington, D.C. The center put out the first full toolkit on critical race theory and has been educating members of Congress who initially had no idea what it was.

Miller emphasized that this is not the same old fight between conservatives and liberals. The paradigm has shifted to conservatives and populists versus a woke progressive agenda. Critical race theory is just a practice, a method of teaching, while social-emotional learning is the main vehicle in schools for delivering this material. His organization maintains a glossary of over 60 terms that schools use to disguise CRT.

The problem extends beyond schools. Miller described a pipeline of wokeness from K-12 through college to corporate HR departments and government. He now places Ivy League resumes at the bottom of the pile, preferring community college graduates who actually learned U.S. history and English rather than woke ideology.

“Social-emotional learning is the vehicle for critical race theory and other critical theory, whether it’s gender theory, you know, any of these far left progressive woke agenda items are now being used.”

Wade Miller, Executive Director, Center for Renewing America