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Boing Boing has started a habit of posting something unicorn related after they post something disturbing. Well, my last post was more angsty and I don't have any unicorns on hand to post a picture of. So I'll post a snippet of something I found online about Mister Rogers and a link to the post.

As for Mister Rogers himself…well, he doesn't look at the story in the same way that the boy did or that I did. In fact, when Mister Rogers first told me the story, I complimented him on being so smart—for knowing that asking the boy for his prayers would make the boy feel better about himself—and Mister Rogers responded by looking at me at first with puzzlement and then with surprise. "Oh, heavens no, Tom! I didn't ask him for his prayers for him; I asked for me. I asked him because I think that anyone who has gone through challenges like that must be very close to God. I asked him because I wanted his intercession."

Can You Say... Hero

Mister Rogers, someone who could see a boy who had survived abuse and not look down on him and think, "Oh what a poor pitiful boy," but see instead a survivor and think, "If only I can have his help, maybe if I ask he will pray for more."

Nobody is perfect, but anyone could do well to hold Fred Rogers for someone to look up to.