Oh, do I have so many choice colorful words I would love to yell at in Vietnamese.
As a rich girl, why would she watch Mr Rogers? Didn’t he testify before Congress about not cutting off PBS finding? That says enough about his politics.
May 1st, 1969. Fred Rodgers testifies before the Senate in favor of PBS Funding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7ljRr0AA
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?
Business people should not be celebrities, so people should only listen as it pertains to their company or their industry.
Wealthy donors are clearly one of the causes of our current mess and need to be fixed
Mr. Rodgers would be disappointed in you.
That kind of was the point — he taught values without turning childhood into a debate. That’s why he still resonates.
Of course, Fred Rogers had political affiliations and views, but he did not communicate them through his show. In fact, he was careful to limit his political ideology, given his dedication to helping children develop.
I believe this quote from McCain reiterates that sentiment. The fact that this post is framing her statement as something disingenuous is very telling about how this community has changed. How are we any different from the politicians we criticize when we do the exact same thing to support our own narratives?
This is, frankly, kind of gross.
Yeah, Mr. Rogers never did anything political
/s
You are absolutely correct that was a political push he was trying to do. The key thing in terms of kids he never did anything like “you should vote for capitalism or Democrats or whatever when you grow up”
For the kids his show was solely about how to treat other people and themselves as they grow. My kids do still watch his show, at least when they want something relaxing to go to sleep with which is good enough for me.
This isn’t to say he was perfect but I would be so insanely happy if we lived in a world with most people living close to the level he did in caring for others.
This bitch is doing wonders for the perceptions of her gender… /S
What’s funny is that she’s right. He wasn’t political. He was just a normal decent person. He didn’t talk about Republicans (which I believe he himself was) or Democrats. So in that sense, yeah, he wasn’t political.
Really? But he was such a normal decent person? I assumed he was liberal or progressive or socialist because he valued empathy and niceness. He did not look down on people for their race, class, religion or abilities. He valued education. He genuinely cared for people.
The lesson I take from this is republicans used to not be sociopaths
In the 80s and 90s it was possible to have faith in the country. That the current administration was just a bad actor and we’d get it right next time. That we all kinda wanted the same thing, a functioning government and to lead our lives happily and privately.
Maybe it was true then. Maybe Fox News actually did poison the well, and people who once were rational are no longer so. Fear and hate blight rationality and the media cycle feeds on it. The more angry we are, the more we engage with social media. The more ads we’re served.
It’s wild that we’ll have to explain around campfires and cook stoves in the aftermath to whatever generation follows us that this was all in pursuit of ad revenue.
Politics in the US used to be divided along a lot more lines than just socially progressive vs socially conservative. You had a lot of people voting in ways that would surprise people these days, which was totally normal and reasonable, as the reaction to hearing people voted differently to you wasn’t outrage like it is now. It’s really hard to go back to that though, as now it’s been sorted down pretty much exclusively one very emotional axis being the whole identity of the parties, everyone infers a lot more about people based on who they vote for.
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.
My man Rodger’s was antifash you imbecile
Fred was woke as fuck
I was thinking of this moment
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.
See parallels w/AIDS fears & Princess Di shaking hands? But contrasts of course
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.
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 wonder if McCain is dishonest, stupid, or both. I think both, but stupid is the dominant mechanism here. I think she’s too idiotic to grasp that all things have a political context and subtext, even when it’s not an explicit “vote for XYZ”. But maybe she gets that and is just being dishonest for clout.
Either way I hope she goes away and never impacts the world again.
