Oh, do I have so many choice colorful words I would love to yell at in Vietnamese.
May 1st, 1969. Fred Rodgers testifies before the Senate in favor of PBS Funding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7ljRr0AA
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Mr. Rodgers would be disappointed in you.
Its always amazing how selective this is. Should business people also shutup about politics? Should they be prevented from lobbying and donating to political campaigns?
Guess which party's supreme court picks fucked that up?
That kind of was the point — he taught values without turning childhood into a debate. That’s why he still resonates.
She should really shut the fuck up about wokeness right now. He father hated Trump. She has openly called out Trump.
Enough with the distractions.
Fred was woke as fuck
the most radical thing about this in it's context is that in the moment there is no discussion about this being a radical act. in the moment, on the show, Fred Rogers simply says "isn't it nice to soak your feet after a long day" and then him and the mailman (i forget his name) just soak their feet and speak as equals about how their day is going and how nice it feels to be neighborly to each other.
the most radical acts of defiance don't look like defiance at all. they look like a friend being a friend. ultimately, that's all solidarity is. a willingness to make friends with people who are different from you
Folks see this or Uhura/Chekov on Star Trek and completely lack the contextual understanding behind just how woke (For the time) it is.
I was thinking of this moment
People are genuinely brainwashed. Try to explain that left = for people and right = for profit and they will spout out whataboutisms or just reply with the laughing emoji.
Man, I wish we lived in a world where being kind and treating everyone equally wasn't somehow political.
In a normal democracy it isn't, but fascists aren't democratic people. By definition.
they're also barely people
dehumanization is the easy and wrong way out. it's human to have the capacity for infinite cruelty. change the material circumstances and you too might be cruel.
Right on. It's so deeply human that no other animal has been observed to be as cruel as we are to each other and our environment.
You'll lose that opinion real fast if you learn about chimps, dolphins, or even lions.
He's nice and not racist. Pfff woke.
Presbyterians don't have canonized saints but if they did, The Reverend Fred Rogers would almost certainly be #1 on the list. He believed in the importance of teaching kids to love their neighbors and themselves. And he found an incredibly effective way to do it that basically no one else has been able to match.
Too bad Meghan McCain was apparently watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood on mute the entire time.
the bit that I always am happy to know is that through his entire show, he never appeared to be outwardly religious.
he said be kind, because it's good to do, not because god said.
he said love one another, because it's wonderful to be loved back, not because it was in some book.
that he was able to preach without the stigma of religion gave the enormous reach across cultures that his program had.
Ms. Rachel is doing a good job. Plus, she's getting lots of hate for it
He really embodied all that is good in us.
No, love. He did something far more important than entertain them. He raised them to be decent people. Apparently you didn't pay attention, but even Mr. Rogers can only do so much, and you were evidently always beyond help.
Does she think that Fred Rogers would have considered ICE to be "helpers"?
Who the fuck is that.
This dumbfuck is who DNC toured with during the brief Harris Presidential campaign last year. Yeah, the party that pretends to be accepting and kind to all people like Fred Rogers was, paraded someone that thinks being accepting and nice is entertaining around like we'd all be good friends
Don’t forget that dumbfuck also sold out her own sister to advance her political career. I have absolutely no doubt that she’s only on the outs with MAGA because she called the “wrong” play after Jan 6.
Are you confusing her with a Cheney daughter?
Yep. Dang it. You’re right.
I totally did. In my defense they are similar in appearance and notable conservative family members. And Megan endorsed Harris during her first presidential campaign (which was also brief)
I know the fucker killed everyone basically and then committed seppuku. Must be some politics to that.
Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny reference in 2026? Thanks for the reminder, its cultural and technological distinctiveness has been added to my videos folder.
They did a 15 year anniversary collab that's on youtube. https://youtu.be/hGtbr-ZvdT0
I understand if you don't trust a random person's links, so search for "The Ultimate Showdown 15th Anniversary Redux Collab" to find it specifically.
Thanks, I did see that when I went to grab the original, but I appreciate you looking out and describing what your link was, more people (myself included) need to do that.
Hey, that was in an Ultimate Battle of Ultimate Destiny, we can hardly hold him accountable for his actions, too much was at stake!
The champion stood, the rest saw their better, Mr. Rogers in a bloodstained sweater
Another viet guy in the thread?