stackyFACTSYou have to mess up monumentally to infuriate the nicest man in television history.
You have to mess up monumentally to infuriate the nicest man in television history. When a branch of the KKK decided to record a horrifically racist parody of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to spread their bigotry, Fred Rogers didn't just turn the other cheek. He unleashed the full, unbridled fury of copyright law on them, effectively silencing the campaign. It’s deeply satisfying to know that the man who taught you how to share also legally destroyed a white supremacist hate group.
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