“Mr Rogers didn’t start lecturing us about Russia or Iran”

He literally famously had an entire five episodes about nuclear war in 1983 that were pulled from air, so yes, he quite literally did start lecturing us about that.

Imagine pissing off Lindsay Ellis so much that she comes out of her Youtube Exile just to warn people about you.

I can't believe a woman who dedicated her life to caring about young children would end up really caring about young children

Ain't no way people are getting mad because she said I don't want children to starve

Watched this on the TV with my 2 year old son in the room- he kept tuning in whenever a Ms Rachel clip would be shown, and when it cut back to Lindsay he would yell "NO!!!" and leave the room

It's been said already: "Sesame Street didn't become woke. You became a bad person."

Bro, imagine bullying someone because she cares about all children, not just the one's whose existence you approve.

"I never thought i'd ever need to beg for children not to get starved, and that that would be controversial" - Ms Rachel

An always relevant quote from James Baldwin: “The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

They act like Mr. Rogers never did a whole ass episode about war called Conflict. 😭

Imagine thinking that if he lived today Fred Rogers wouldn't take at least a moment to say "No, I don't care about the other details, starving children is bad." I can almost hear it in his voice. "It doesn't matter what you're fighting about; if you're letting kids get hurt then you're doing something wrong."

Mr. Rogers told children that they were special just the way they are - they don’t have to earn love and acceptance by getting perfect grades or winning at sports, they’re unconditionally loved and accepted.

For a lot of Right Wing parents, it seems like the love is all too often conditional on their kids being thin, straight, neurotypical, religious, and cis - being “normal”; and if they have a kid who ISN’T, they’re excluded from family functions, shamefully hidden away, and are actively made to feel like a freak.

I grew up in the latter variety of household as the freak of the family, and I dearly wish I could’ve had parents who took after Mr. Rogers instead; but I’m 30 now and the damage is already done, I’m completely estranged from my family and live alone.

Going from a 14 year old laughing at Lindsay making fun of Pocahontas to a 31 year old crying at Lindsay analyzing the role that empathy in kids' media plays in relation to an ongoing g*nocide has been a wild ride

I don't understand how anyone could say "Empathy is bad" with their full chest and not recognize themselves as the bad guy

As an actual Appalachian hillbilly, I appreciated you calling JD Vance a "Cincinnati suburb native."

“If I’m The Devil, where am I gonna hide some of my most destructive tactics?”
If I’m The Devil, and my plan to trick someone into being a bad person is to convince them to be a good person… then I hate to break it to myself, but… I might suck at my job.

“she’s anti-Christian” idk man i think not wanting children to starve sounds pretty in line with the values Jesus taught.

"won't you think of the children?" cuts to literal children starving "no not those children"

When my son died in 2020, I was enfolded in love and compassion. I was able to have a beautiful funeral with close family. My job and my spouse’s were secure. We still had a home, food, and excellent healthcare (including mental health care). My baby was not wrapped in white plastic and buried in an improvised grave quickly before having to flee to another refugee camp, then another, and another, and another. The children and parents of Gaza are equally deserving of the empathy I received when I had to bury my baby. My right-wing family were part of that empathy. I know they are capable. They just choose not to direct it toward all people equally.

I'm proud to update anyone that doesn't know, Bentkey is no longer a thing. The daily wire is barely a thing anymore. At least these right wingers are burning out