The people who shit on Mr Rogers' "cult of self esteem" don't realize that his was the pessimistic, rational view of life and their bootstraps cult is the childish optimism Nobody says "Life belongs to the WINNERS" unless they think winning is easyhttps://twitter.com/AShihipar/status/1240773642113495040?s=19 …
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"Mr. Rogers sentimentality" - loving yourself, taking care of yourself, "You are special just the way you are" - is arming yourself against a world that DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOU The world will kick you in the teeth and laugh, over and over again, just because it can
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The libertarian dipshits going "Why don't we teach kids respect is EARNED and that you have to ACCOMPLISH something if you want to feel good about yourself" Because they will fail The world does not actually reward a decent effort It will fuck you and fuck you and never stop
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The world rips good people apart for no fucking reason all the time because it doesn't make sense You can't rely on the world to validate and reward your good qualities because the world doesn't care Any rewards it does give you it can capriciously revoke
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I feel like the people who used to dunk on Mr Rogers who never saw it from the POV of the poor kid, the bullied kid, the neglected and abused kid never really felt that How radical it is to declare that no matter what, you're going to be on your own side, because you have to be
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You have to decide that you matter and never stop living as though you matter even when the whole world is telling you you're disposable trash and society is waiting for you to die and stop consuming resources
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