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I regularly pray Mr. Rogers remains the counterexample to this trend π
I don't think he remotely fits the "overly wholesome" aspect of this meme at all. He's far more relatable to creator #1. He made shows about things that are difficult to talk about with kids. He frequently negotiated topics that others advised against. He was incredibly articulate and relatable when it came to even angry letters from ignorant parents. He communicated with children the same way he would with adults. He literally hired a working jazz club pianist to do the music and when asked what kids songs he was going to be playing, homie's basically like, "Uh, you do you fam. YOU are the music program." He even made episodes of his show that were FOR adults. He cared deeply about emotional health and knew how detrimental it is to your development at all stages in life. And he did this for decades as a devout and committed spiritual leader and never mentions God a single time. He knows how to be an example and I would be amazed if he were capable of hiding a sordid and deplorable existence.
He was also an incredible debater and speaker. He does use simpler language on the show but he is very capable. Just adding that because I'm obviously biased. I met him once and my mom wrote him an angry letter. She's always been a piece of trash but I will never forget his kindness and joy.
He also did that episode where he and a black guy shared a foot bath together during a time of racial tension. Mr. Rogers was how church people should strive to be like.
I don't think he could do anything to mess that up at this point.
"Mr Rogers miraculously raises from the dead only to go around diddling kids"
No! Not even as a joke!
The Onion
Posted: November 13th, 2025
Mr. Rogers has miraculously come back and been diddling kids ever since....
Words... Mentioning lots of people letting their kids be diddled.
So if you'd like to have Mr. Rogers diddle your kids, be sure to tune into PBS Kids at 10am Eastern.
The joke: Diddling just being wasting time with kids.
You forgot that words can, and do, have multiple meanings depending on context. There is a more vulgar definitely that defines diddling as βto have sex withβ.
This you?
If I recall correctly, that man is exactly the kind of person they appear to be.
If you mean a weird little cunt? Then yes.
I just wish he did this at the U.N, this weird little dude eating a whole onion with skin still on while showing absolutely no reaction, put some fear into your weak non onion eating leaders.
/r/atetheonion
Honestly with how the world is today if I saw this in a headline I wouldn't even flinch smh
Presbyterians don't have canonized saints but if they did, Fred Rogers would be the first on the list.
exceptions prove the rule!
I've always been baffled by this sentiment
yea me too, but i suppose in a world with as many variables as ours it's hard to find "rules" to cling on, so it's a collective cope for that particular quirk of life lol
"Saints should be presumed guilty until proven otherwise"