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[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 59 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

To anyone who hasn't seen Fred Rogers save PBS from Congress, you should watch this.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

He was an incredible man. If only we could have him back.

So wild that Fox News called him evil.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Is it wild? Fox News. Who openly pushes Russian propaganda. They are openly the bad guys. It's amazing they can exist and be so blatantly anti-human.

[–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean he put his feet in a tub with a black guy are you really surprised?

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

He did that deliberately to show people it was an OK thing to do and signal hard for civil rights.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

you can measure a man by his enemies.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Off topic but my personal theory on why trumps slaps with old people is he just talks real slow. To me it makes him sound like an idiot. If you're curious about this just listen to trump at 1.5x and you'll notice he somehow becomes more coherent. I mean, he still has some sort of mental disability behind all that but if I had unlimited money I'd do my own research on this.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's a hypnosis technique. When you speed it up, you break the spell. He's smarter than people realize, he at least knew who to listen to.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Omg, he just got unelected! Awwww, shoot... Christopher Lee just died again. Wait! He's all better!

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

And for some reason I want to impress Jodie Foster now.

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

His run in wwe probably taught him that. What pitty that Austin did not botch and break his neck with that stuner.

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 52 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

fred rogers is the main reason why i didn't turn out a hateful, racist asshole like the so-called 'role models' i had in my family.

[–] jared@mander.xyz 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He taught us well, in turn I hope I passed a bit to my kids.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I used Daniel Tiger for mine. Pretty cool show for kids. Not sure what they have now, but will eventually find out when I turn into an old grandpa

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Bluey is the new positive show, from what I hear.

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I always say Ms. Rachel is this generation's Mr. Rogers.

[–] dryfter@lemm.ee 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Left, right, center, up, down…..I don’t give a shit — we all need more Mr. Rogers and learn how to love and not hate each other and our differences

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Mr. Rogers would be so ashamed of us. He tried so hard.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I remember growing up watching PBS and actually thinking the world I would grow up in would surely be better than the world before, especially with so many people watching people like Mr Rogers and Sesame Street and the slew of educational programs like NOVA.

I realize now that I was a shut-in nerd without involved parents and PBS was one of the only channels I could tune in on my little black-and-white television set.

Nobody else watched this stuff. If they did, they didn't internalize it, and if they did, they took all the wrong lessons from it. ("I AM special just the way I am, that means I deserve to have anything I want! yaaah white power!")

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think Fred would be capable of that.

He'd be telling anyone who would listen that mistakes are just a part of learning, even as our tortured Earth starts making the very air we all breathe make the last humans lungs burn.

That's why I certainly praise Fred, but could never subscribe to him. He had an unshakable conviction in the intrinsic decency of people. I've come to have conviction that the opposite is more often true.

Honestly, I'm glad he's not here to see this.

[–] Gowron_Howard@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Joe Rogan has always sucked. He was a horrible actor, and even worse comedian.

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not gonna lie, I liked him in News Radio and didn't mind him when just commentating on MMA.

Fuck what he's up to these days though.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

He was fuckin great in News Radio. All of the actors were, honestly. Even the piece of shit Andy Dick.

I know nothing about Rogan after News Radio tho

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

But we need him to capture the incel vote! The most prized, sought after, voting block.

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

We need all the votes we can get. If we can find a liberal to talk to them we would be unstoppable

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Meh, I know everything there is to know about incels. You'll never, ever, convince me I should be afraid of them.

Put me in the incel run concentration camp. I'll put it to the test.

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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

When he died Fox News went on to call him an extremely evil man who wanted to breed a generation of narcissists, saying that self-esteem must be earned and not something people just have.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What in the hell is their excuse then?

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They believe that since they are straight and white that makes them the master race. Thus everyone else is inferior.

[–] unconsciousvoidling@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

“Straight” and also “Christian”

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

And by Christian they mean the strain of American Christianity that would make Jesus wonder say 'i died for humanities sins... all of humanity... except those guys, fuck em!'

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

“We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do.”

– Gandhi

tl;dr Be the Mr Rodgers you want to see in the world

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I’m an atheist and I thought this man was about as divine as they come.

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

This guy made the world a much better place.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

If Mr Rogers would ever return to earth, the US would crucify him right next to Jesus

[–] Crylos@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

He was indeed… I’ll just leave this here. Mr Rogers

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Who said anything about wanting Joe Rogan back? And, for that matter, when was he Leftist?

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

You introduced the anything about wanting Joe Rogan back. The meme says we don't want our own Joe Rogan

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Can we get both?

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder what Mr. Rogers would say about MAGA.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Probably something genuine and heart felt. Dude had an unshakable brand.

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