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Posted by love_child on Apr-08-2009 16:25:

Fox News Calls Mr. Rogers Evil

"Little did I know, Mr. Rogers was an evil man. By telling children they're special just for being who they are, he helped create this generation of worthless, lazy socialists who think they're entitled to rewards without working... at least according to Fox News.

Watch the video. The Fox News anchors are completely serious when they attribute the differences in academic performance between Asian and American kids to the fact that Asian children didn't grow up with Mr. Rogers telling them they were unique and special. It's not that we have a failing education system or that parents aren't instilling the proper work ethic in their children. American children under perform because Mr. Rogers taught them to expect everything in life to be handed to them on a silver platter.

They actually use the word "evil" to describe Mr. Rogers and criticize him for his "optimistic message." Then one of them starts babbling about how children should go back to churning butter and making their own sweaters. I didn't make it all the way to the end, but I wouldn't be surprised if they blamed him for 9/11.

Posted by FunkyCrew on Apr-08-2009 16:33:

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The Fox News anchors are completely serious when they attribute the differences in academic performance between Asian and American kids to the fact that Asian children didn't grow up with Mr. Rogers telling them they were unique and special.

is that why Asians always got our average up high in university? cos they all would get freaking 90%+ in every exam and quiz

Posted by Intangible on Apr-08-2009 16:35:

I've been doing a lot of research on generation y (and now I hate us... we are causing a lot of issues lol)

The world does view as us lazy, demanding entitlement, demanding respect often before giving respect, we do think we are special, we also think we are smarter than the older generation

Maybe because we were surrounded by so many of these messages... also growing up in the age of technology has made our thinking so different than previous generations.

I dont see this story being too far off... although I couldnt watch the news segment (since Im at work). Im sure Fox got carried away with it like always.... aka Mr.Rogers was not EVIL... just creepy

Posted by Intangible on Apr-08-2009 16:37:

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew
is that why Asians always got our average up high in university? cos they all would get freaking 90%+ in every exam and quiz

I thought it was because they ate more fish (brain food)

Really its because their parents are so hard on them and expect so much out of them (at least with the asians I know)

Posted by daves on Apr-08-2009 16:47:

Mr. Rogers aside it's pretty easy to see just by looking around us... everything needs to be made available and dumbed down to the lowest common denominator. Everything coming out of somebody's mouth or on paper needs to be said in a special way so as not to offend the sensibilities of somebody's precious snowflake.

GOOD JOB GENERATION WHY

/foxnews lol wut?

Posted by FunkyCrew on Apr-08-2009 16:57:

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Originally posted by Intangible
Really its because their parents are so hard on them and expect so much out of them (at least with the asians I know)

it's the communist thing
I was BUTCHERED for B/B+'s back in primary school when I lived in the Ukie land
it was literally a shame to bring back marks like that from school
straight A students were also ruthlessly competitive

Posted by jchung52 on Apr-08-2009 17:00:

fox news needs a jennypie cockpunch. i despise them so much and the fact that majority of the public is unaware of how fox is run is unfortunate.

Posted by tobywan on Apr-08-2009 17:23:

It should actually read as Fox *News*

The loud-mouth pap they try to pass off as News is mildly entertaining, at best...

Posted by tvmann on Apr-09-2009 22:07:

UPDATE: there is a book out that touches on this topic, "The Ego Boom: Why the World Really Does Revolve Around You". Authors say the new narcissism partly explains the global finance mess.

CBC "Q" radio 1 program interviewed the authors on Friday (April 10 2009) - podcast available - the segment starts just before 41 minutes and ends at 59 minutes.

http://www.cbc.ca/q/ - click on "listen to podcast" and look for April 10 2009 to find the download.

http://www.amazon.ca/Ego-Boom-Really-Revolve-Around/dp/1552639754
http://www.keyporter.com/BookDetail.aspx?ISBN=1552639754
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Ego-Boom-Why-World-Really-Steve-Maich/9781552639757-item.html

END UPDATE

Actually I think they might have a point about Mr. Rogers and the "you are special" idea. I know some people who are lazy, not too smart, and dishonest. They're arrogant and have that "entitled" attitude even though they've done nothing at all, but they had well-off parents.

I know they were spoiled rotten when they were kids and always told they were great. Their parents had the idea that they should always tell their kids they were the greatest, never give them a hard time cuz that might bruise their fragile little egos. That is an approach to parenting that is fairly recent, I think the idea was put forward in some parenting books back in the 60s/70s and Mr. Rogers picked it up.

Posted by I_Am_Vince on Apr-09-2009 22:19:

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Originally posted by Intangible
I thought it was because they ate more fish (brain food)

Really its because their parents are so hard on them and expect so much out of them (at least with the asians I know)

lol that's just racist! :P

Thank god I didn't grow up watching Mr. Rogers

Posted by Silky Johnson on Apr-09-2009 22:26:

Why the fuck do people even watch Fox News? And how could you start a debate based on something you saw on there? Using their retard propaganda as fodder for discussion only serves to further the descent into total idiocy.

Cockpunches for everyone.

Posted by Kellyboop on Apr-10-2009 03:35:

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Originally posted by jennypie
Why the fuck do people even watch Fox News? And how could you start a debate based on something you saw on there? Using their retard propaganda as fodder for discussion only serves to further the descent into total idiocy.

Cockpunches for everyone.

Can I have a uterus punch?

Posted by wing on Apr-10-2009 04:14:

fox news is gay anyway, biased news and shit like that

Posted by Ravist on Apr-10-2009 08:06:

the e-mail from nancy and the hot sexy blond doctor at the end of the segment were the only two intelligent people on the show.

I remember when I watched Mr. Rogers when I was little, i enjoyed the show, but now when I look back I agree with the hot sexy blond doctor, he didnt do any damage nor did he really help much. I think the point to Mr.Rogers' show was to point out that every single person on this planet, is indeed special in their own way, because there is nobody exactly like you. He wanted to inspire children to become what they truly dream of doing in their lives. The idiot american so called "news anchors" talk about, you have to work and earn your "specialness", thats called work ethic, different subject. It's obvious you have to work hard in life to achieve great things, but the moment you are born, you are special, especially to your family. Mr. Rogers' show was purely positive and the reason the fox news anchors ridicule him is because they are so negative themselves, that whatever good somebody tries to do, they try to mock that person's enthusiasm to feel like they are making some difference or giving realization to the american public. While i was watching the clip, I didnt want to watch the entire thing because of the statements the "news anchors" said, but I told myself they are hurt deep down and feel the need to be negative towards every positive individual and situation. So guys dont get mad at these "news anchors", just understand what kind of people they are. Once you understand why they say the things they do, you'll feel sorry for them.