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[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 58 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 month 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 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago

you can measure a man by his enemies.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 51 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month 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 8 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

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

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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!")

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[–] dryfter@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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

[–] Gowron_Howard@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 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.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They've run every concentration camp

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess that's a theory.... do you know what incels are?

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes. And an incel terrorist killed 32 people in my home town. Last week an incel terrorist killed 2 people and injured 6 more at FSU. I'm not saying you have to agree with the video, but give it a try

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

Incels are a very specific group of men who feel as though they do not have the ability to attract a member of the opposite sex. It's not just some term used to put down evey sad disaffected white male.

Do I believe they are capable of terrorism, yes. Do I think they are dominant force in society, no.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yes. I know. And that's not the conclusion of the video or what I'm trying to drive us towards. But courting them and weaponizing their frustration with that they can't perform masculinity in a way that works for society has been done frequently. It's important to understand the role they play in fascism as we experience an intensified form of fascism from the one we've been living under. I'm not asking you to agree with the concept, I'm just asking you not to dismiss it before you've considered the totality of the systems of play which you can't have done in this short of time.

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

What in the hell is their excuse then?

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

“Straight” and also “Christian”

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month 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 1 month 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

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

This guy made the world a much better place.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

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

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

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

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Can we get both?

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

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

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Crylos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

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

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

I wonder what Mr. Rogers would say about MAGA.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

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