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Mister Rogers, RIP
02/27/2003

Mister Rogers has moved on to a nicer neighborhood than ours. Watching episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, recently, with my daughter, I was a bit ashamed at how shocking I found his kindness and thoughtfulness. In one case, after soothing his feet in a shallow pool with a black policeman, he helped his friend to dry his feet. Many have seen such kindnesses as prima facie evidence that something was not right with Mister Rogers. But surely there is something wrong with a society that would be alarmed by such a man.

Posted by Justin Katz @ 09:12 AM EST