Ways Mr. Rogers was even more amazing than we knew

[FreedMind]

Not gonna lie Above the Law had me thinking Mr. Rogers was a pedophile for a quick minute.

 

[broller]

Y'all gonna see this?

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

I know Bob Ross was a Marine and screamed on people all day.

Nah, he was in the (Ch)Air Force.​

 

[Why-Fi]

Y'all gonna see this?

I'ma have to go see this by myself...

 

[broller]

I'ma have to go see this by myself...

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Y'all gonna see this?

My wife got it from the library and we watched it as a family tonight. Funny cause I never watched when I was a kid (was into sesame street but never liked mr. rogers for some reason, think it was too slow for me) but last few years I keep hearing different stories that universally make him sound like a real one. One of the better people America has ever produced. So I agreed to watch it, and it pretty much went like I expected it to but affected me a lot more than I thought it would.

Movie is worth it.

 

[Saint1]

I got real annoyed when Fox News started talking trash on Mr. Rogers. It just shows how low they will go, trying to undermine one of the most wholesome message bringers to ever grace this planet. He just wanted everyone to respect each other and see things from each other's viewpoints.

 

[Saint1]

he shyts for me(Rest in peace, "Charles") was like "Do like Mr Rogers do. He do it every morning before he go get the mail. That's how I learned"

Got my uncle to record a few episodes and a breh rewound and played it until I got it right.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Rogers Was Bout It

In 1975, two years after Doris Davis became the first African American woman mayor of a smaller city, Rogers introduced Mayor Maggie, a character played by African American actor Maggie Stewart. Remarkably, Mayor Maggie became King Friday’s political equal and enjoyed the assistance of a white underling, Associate Mayor Aber (played by the blond and blue-eyed Chuck Aber). With that radical coupling, Rogers clearly showed the growing reality that black women could indeed be professionally superior to white men.

While Calvin Butts and C Deloris Tucker were throwing Hip Hop under the bus in the 90's...Mr Rogers embraced Hip Hop in the mid 80's and put Hip Hop on his platform for the world to see

Francois Clemmons was the kindly black man who played the resident beat cop in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. According to Clemmons he was initially hesitant to take on the role after being approached by Rogers after the latter had heard his impressive vocal range while singing in church, stating: "I grew up in the ghetto. I did not have a positive opinion of police officers. … I really had a hard time putting myself in that role. So I was not excited about being Officer Clemmons at all."

Rogers persisted, and Clemmons eventually relented and accepted his offer, becoming the first African-American man in television history to have a recurring role on a television show. Rogers knew exactly the statement he was making by having a black man in position of power and authority on a show airing in the '60s, treating Clemmons both on and off set the same way he did everyone else: like a friend.

Perhaps the boldest racial statement made by Rogers though was when, in one early episode, he invited Clemmons to soak his feet in his pool alongside his own. This may not sound like a big deal today, but this episode aired in 1969, just five years after the passing of the Civil Rights Act and a time when segregated swimming pools were still very much a thing. Clemmons was moved by the gesture and the symbolism of showing a black man and a white man as equals in a time when such an idea was considered radical to a significant percentage of the population.

Rogers and Clemmons remained friends for life, and Rogers even went as far as revisiting the scene in Clemmons' last episode in 1993. Upon being asked by Clemmons during the episode what he was thinking about all those years ago as they were soaking their feet, Rogers smiled and said, "I was just thinking of all the different ways people say I love you".

It's also been said that he was a fan of Eddie Murphy's Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood skit on SNL.

I know goon brehs in the hood that got mad respect for Mr. Rogers. People appreciate sincerity.

Mr. Rogers is like the least caccish cac ever

Hell nah

If there is some "fukk that cac" shyt, the person is crazy or just trolling. Fred Rogers was an leading example of a man that really cared for people despite their color or origin.

Dude saved public broadcasting from being shut down because God forbid children don't receive programming without corporate media bullshyt tied to it.



Dude was about that life

Love how he dealt with race issues. That is how WP should. Instead they wanna have their chalky asses in our face telling us how much they "understand" and feel bad for us. Treat us like people and stfu.If you aren't saying it to your kinda then keep it to yourself.

This is crazy, I knew about the pool story but I didn't know he had doubled down on the Black narratives so often. I wonder if he had a special sentiment for racial justice or if he was just such a genuinely good person that he naturally responded to race issues just like he responded to everything true and right.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I got real annoyed when Fox News started talking trash on Mr. Rogers. It just shows how low they will go, trying to undermine one of the most wholesome message bringers to ever grace this planet. He just wanted everyone to respect each other and see things from each other's viewpoints.

What did they say?

That's crazy cause he was devoutly Christian, one of the last mainstream TV celebrities to talk about God comfortably without it looking like an act, and was all about the family values that conservatives pretend to appreciate. He was up there getting his Lifetime Achievement Award and talking about heaven and god bless you all and shyt.


If they were trashing Mr. Rogers of all people that's not just low but also confusing as fukk.

 

[Saint1]

What did they say?

That's crazy cause he was devoutly Christian, one of the last mainstream TV celebrities to talk about God comfortably without it looking like an act, and was all about the family values that conservatives pretend to appreciate. He was up there getting his Lifetime Achievement Award and talking about heaven and god bless you all and shyt.


If they were trashing Mr. Rogers of all people that's not just low but also confusing as fukk.

They don't make any sense and never will. You would think they would align with him but they don't because he wants people to get along. They would be pissed at Jesus for handing out bread and fish calling him a socialist.

Fox basically said Mr Rogers was responsible for making kids soft and entitled because he said each one of us was special. Wrong on both accounts but whatever. It's their backwards ass ways of interpreting Mr Rogers saying: each one of us is special because we're all unique. There's no one like you and that's special. Not that you deserve things because youre special.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

They don't make any sense and never will. You would think they would align with him but they don't because he wants people to get along. They would be pissed at Jesus for handing out bread and fish calling him a socialist.

Fox basically said Mr Rogers was responsible for making kids soft and entitled because he said each one of us was special. Wrong on both accounts but whatever. It's their backwards ass ways of interpreting Mr Rogers saying: each one of us is special because we're all unique. There's no one like you and that's special. Not that you deserve things because youre special.

Yeah, I found it in another thread.



It's extra bullshyt too cause they were lying when they said it was a study. The "Louisiana State University" professor they talking about didn't even do any research or a study, he just randomly bullshytted one day about Mr. Rogers offhand as a random example of kids feeling entitled and had to fall back when people called him out on it:

Professor retracts Mr. Rogers smears.

The reference to Mr. Rogers was just a metaphor. I have no professional qualifications to evaluate the real problems or propose solutions. Mr. Rogers was a great American. I watched him with my children and wouldn’t hesitate to do so again if I had young children.

The moment they heard that someone was coming at Mr. Rogers they jumped on that shyt with the swiftness just to attack a genuinely good person who helped so many other people.

Shows where their hearts are.

 

[Doobie Doo]

What did they say?

That's crazy cause he was devoutly Christian, one of the last mainstream TV celebrities to talk about God comfortably without it looking like an act, and was all about the family values that conservatives pretend to appreciate. He was up there getting his Lifetime Achievement Award and talking about heaven and god bless you all and shyt.


If they were trashing Mr. Rogers of all people that's not just low but also confusing as fukk.

What's confusing about it? Fox News turned on Trump and a gang of folks that used to work there. They are a good model to show how white supremacy operates, lies. propaganda, staying on code no matter what and cannibalizing their own

 

[I AM WE ARE]

Nah, he was in the (Ch)Air Force.​

we had better everything

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

we had better everything

All I hear is a mosquito buzzing around.

Put some bass in your voice.

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