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[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 79 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Of course they are. They saw what happened when all the kids who grew up watching sesame street and Mr Rogers learned how to think of other people as people and not things. They started supporting their right to exist! As valid individuals! With RIGHTS!?!

Conservatives can only prosper if empathy is suppressed, or at least heavily restricted. You see it every time yet another conservative changes their position on some social issue as soon as they experience whatever it is firsthand.

If they had empathy, they would've already supported the progressive position.

[–] TechyDad@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Reminder that FOX and Friends called Mr Rogers an "evil, evil man." https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-fred-rogers-evil/

Now, I'm not Christian and I don't believe that people are really saints. Still, if I had to nominate a modern American figure to be a saint, I'd pick Fred Rogers. I'd definitely choose him way ahead of anyone on FOX.

[–] oDDmON@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

TL;DR?

Banning SEL makes as much sense as banning the alphabet because the letters can be used to say bad or hurtful things.

Also, banning stuff has such a history of positive outcomes.