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2025-10-04 15:06 UTC
@CosmickTrigger@social.edist.ro @desiree@chitter.xyz I feel it's important to note that Fred Rogers was a republican at a time before the republican party became staunchly conservative. The GOP of the 60s was far more centrist, even liberal. It changed in the 70s and 80s after nixon and reagan. His wife has been very vocal about how Fred would have been very opposed to the republicans of today.
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@idlestate@toot.cat 2025-10-05 14:22
@twipped@twipped.social Yes, I think that's important context. Trying to trace, just for my own understanding, when and how this re-alignment happened has drawn my attention occasionally over the last several years. @CosmickTrigger@social.edist.ro @desiree@chitter.xyz