A genuinely astonishing spiritual movement just erupted at the University of Tennessee, where an event called UniteUS drew roughly 8,000 students and reportedly produced hundreds of public decisions for Christ and dozens — if not hundreds — of baptisms right outside the arena. This kind of open, unapologetic worship on a major public campus is the exact opposite of the secular, moral emptiness that too many institutions have normalized, and it shows young Americans are hungry for truth and meaning.
Leaders of the movement like Tonya Prewett and visiting speakers such as Jennie Allen described what happened as a move of God, and students’ testimonies of repentance and baptism confirm this was no staged PR stunt but a raw awakening. Conservative Americans should celebrate when our colleges are reclaimed by faith and conscience, because family, faith, and freedom are the only antidotes to the cultural rot metastasizing in our institutions.
Meanwhile, the market is signaling that woke content and the assault on common-sense values have consequences: billionaire Elon Musk urged his millions of followers to cancel Netflix over what many parents see as inappropriate, ideologically driven programming aimed at children. That call to action has lit up social media and pro-family networks, proving that when parents and patriots organize, corporations do feel pressure.
Wall Street noticed too — Netflix shares slid several percent over a few trading sessions as the boycott chatter trended, with analysts and reporters pointing to a clear, short-term hit tied to the controversy. Investors may call this “noise,” but for parents watching the content their kids consume, it’s validation that money talks and that conservative consumer power can make streaming platforms think twice.
The spark for this upheaval was a resurfaced clip from the animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park and other examples critics cite as pushing transgender themes to very young audiences, which has galvanized rightly furious parents. Americans do not want their children exposed to radical ideology in the name of entertainment, and that backlash is part of a larger moral correction taking place across the country.
This is the moment for conservatives to double down: support the students who are choosing virtue over vice, stand with parents who protect childhood innocence, and use both the ballot box and the marketplace to reward companies that respect family values. Revival on campus and a consumer-led accountability campaign against woke media show two fronts where the right can and must win back the culture for the next generation.
Hardworking Americans ought to feel hopeful, not defeated; when our young people turn back to faith and families unite to shield their kids, the left’s project of cultural engineering loses its power. Stand with the brave students at Tennessee, keep your wallets and your voices ready, and let this be the beginning of a nationwide resurgence of common sense, decency, and faith.
