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> Doesn't look like he recorded much (outside the show), but definitely will be looking into what he has recorded. For anyone who hasn't seen it, one must-see

> Doesn't look like he recorded much (outside the show), but definitely will be looking into what he has recorded. For anyone who hasn't seen it, one must-see video outside the show is Fred Rogers testifying before the Senate in 1969, in order to defend funding for public television. He is able to win over an incredibly rude and hostile senator in just a few minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7ljRr0AA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7ljRr0AA

lupire 3y ago
Why exaggerate and insult like that? The Senator was not rude or hostile.
- dwringer 3y ago
  I can only speculate, but I have seen this linked on social media dozens of times, often including that detail of "shutting down an extremely hostile senator" in the caption. So whether or not one interprets the senator as rude or hostile, people are getting exposed to that idea pretty regularly.
  - zdragnar 3y ago
    That isn't a justification. "I heard someone else say it" doesn't remove one's own personal accountability for saying it as well. I imagine this is a sentiment that Mr. Rogers would agree with.
    - dwringer 3y ago
      I'd have to agree, my only point was that people may think they remember having watched it a certain way simply because they read the viral headlines so many times
- shadowgovt 3y ago
  Not in this interaction, no. In general, yes. The statement is to his general method of interacting with experts.
  - kraquepype 3y ago
    His body language and tone in the initial interaction seemed flippant for sure. Is there a longer clip?
    - thundermuffin 3y ago
      Over the years, I've never seen a longer version. I thought CSPAN might have one, but searching for just "fred rogers" wasn't giving me any results pre-1980s. The PBS versions I've found are just the OP clip as well. In my searches, I have seen one YouTube video that has a few seconds extra at the front[0], but I couldn't tell you if it's actually Senator Pastore screaming "shut up" or if the author sampled some random gavels and screaming, ha. I'd love to see the full hearing just to get the context of how big of a shift Pastore really went through, but if CSPAN and PBS both don't have it, I feel it doesn't exist at this point. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C5PMPIdG_Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C5PMPIdG_Y
Projectiboga 3y ago
Anyone near the Library of Congress, the transcript of that day's testimony is part of a 733 foot 'volume'? It should be near the front as that subcommittee only started in 1969, so it should be near the beginning. https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/046.html#46.9 https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/0...

lupire 3y ago

Why exaggerate and insult like that? The Senator was not rude or hostile.

dwringer 3y ago
I can only speculate, but I have seen this linked on social media dozens of times, often including that detail of "shutting down an extremely hostile senator" in the caption. So whether or not one interprets the senator as rude or hostile, people are getting exposed to that idea pretty regularly.
- zdragnar 3y ago
  That isn't a justification. "I heard someone else say it" doesn't remove one's own personal accountability for saying it as well. I imagine this is a sentiment that Mr. Rogers would agree with.
  - dwringer 3y ago
    I'd have to agree, my only point was that people may think they remember having watched it a certain way simply because they read the viral headlines so many times
shadowgovt 3y ago
Not in this interaction, no. In general, yes. The statement is to his general method of interacting with experts.
- kraquepype 3y ago
  His body language and tone in the initial interaction seemed flippant for sure. Is there a longer clip?
  - thundermuffin 3y ago
    Over the years, I've never seen a longer version. I thought CSPAN might have one, but searching for just "fred rogers" wasn't giving me any results pre-1980s. The PBS versions I've found are just the OP clip as well. In my searches, I have seen one YouTube video that has a few seconds extra at the front[0], but I couldn't tell you if it's actually Senator Pastore screaming "shut up" or if the author sampled some random gavels and screaming, ha. I'd love to see the full hearing just to get the context of how big of a shift Pastore really went through, but if CSPAN and PBS both don't have it, I feel it doesn't exist at this point. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C5PMPIdG_Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C5PMPIdG_Y

Projectiboga 3y ago

Anyone near the Library of Congress, the transcript of that day's testimony is part of a 733 foot 'volume'? It should be near the front as that subcommittee only started in 1969, so it should be near the beginning. https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/046.html#46.9 https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/0...