I don't really agree with and am not too fond of Reagan's political ideas and how he treated a lot of global issues, but there is one thing that did hit me about his death: he was, in neither a good or bad way, a part of my childhood. The man that made so many speeches to the public via the television and radio is now gone. good or bad, in agreement or not, he was very much present in all of our lives.
Another element of years passed is now gone. That, to me, hit harder than anything he stood for. (Honestly, I was too young to feel any effect, or even understand, what the man affected as President.)
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