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      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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      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.

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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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          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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                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

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                  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.

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

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      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.

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        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

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      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.

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

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

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

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

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    “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