Agreed, he was a VERY good man and a very important part of my childhood. I consider myself lucky that I got to see his shows as they came out each week growing up. Fred was still a man, filled with faults and failures but he is STILL one of the best examples out there.

I have seen a couple of sites trying to make a fuss out of this and say that homophobia was some sort of skeleton in Fred Rogers’ closet. But that is really judging people of half a century ago by the morality of today. It is amazing that Clemmons wasn’t fired. Gay people (especially men) around children was regarded…

But still, it illustrates the finite nature of Mr. Rogers’s ideals. “I like you just the way you are,” he often said, but in the case of Clemmons there was a caveat: “...I just need you to show less of the way you are.” This information through the lens of contemporary culture, in which an employer legislating what…

I think we have a problem today where we too often take the lens of our current sensibilities and cultural landscape and then look back on the past, judging it from our perspective alone.

I feel like I’m going crazy when there’s an enormous collection of people who don’t realize this is just the dumbest shit.

I am probably showing my age here a bit when I say this. That said...

I love Shadow of the Colossus, and I have never felt a need to see it sexed up. I’m not morally outraged by it or anything, it’s just that I never looked at any of the Colossus and had any sexual thoughts or thought it would be cool to see them as…

Yay. Neckbeard porn.

Now that you’ve posted this we get to wait for Jezewhore to go batshit about it.

Sorry, but I don’t like it. While I appreciate the work that has gone into this costumes, they’re just here to present scarcely clothed women.

yeah no, just no...

They just have to live the stereotype of the sad, impotent car guys they claim to hate.

I think I’m upset that a man recognized her on the street. In no way should a grown man recognize a 9 year old on the street and have the first thought be “i should film her”

The part about the girl’s boyfriend is heartbreaking. The fact that he would believe she cheated on him before he would believe she was attacked is so fucked up. Come on guys. Get the fuck over yourselves and be there for your women.

Guy has rapist face.

Wow didn’t even think of this in the context of women’s gymnastics. Thanks for bringing that up.

I’m normally all for the sarcasm here but this article upsets me and I didn’t even have these experiences. I’m sorry that you had to experience it and that you had to come to a site that is generally pretty good and see this steaming pile of a hot take.

“I do not believe a child is misguided enough to interpret what is happening to a dog that talks as something that could possibly be happening to them”

The way these scenes were described were almost exactly what I went through as a kid by my abuser. “this is normal, just relax. This is how it’s done, you’re fine, think of something else.”

Yeah me too. It doesn’t matter that it’s a fucking dog. Kids watch cartoon animal shows because they love animals. The way it’s explained, it sounds fucked up and rightfully should be cut.

Exactly. To me it read like gaslighting.

No, Jessica, you don’t have to be friends with him! God I could cry.