Crucifried      God damn, I didn't know how rough today was until I saw this. And now it doesn't matter.
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love      the man teaches a lesson at the emmys. I am not aware of anyone else having this much grace.
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Stopheles      Graceful and humble, as always.
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Camonk      "I
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Hooper_X      What an amazing, amazing man. He singlehandedly makes up for every fucked-up thing on the internet.
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happy_ending      What a class act.
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NoCode      Oh, man. I got a little tear in my eye. I love Mr. Rogers so much!
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BAC      note to self. say thank you more often, and give a sacrifice to the gods for mr. rogers.
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Mayberry Pancakes      There is no way to overstate this man's charity, humilitiy, compassion and grace.
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tamago      I'm not the least bit ashamed to admit that I teared up during that.
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Caminante      Thank you for everything, Mr. Rogers.
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Gojira1000      *sniff* True goodness is far more rare than its opposite. And so much more powerful.
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j lzrd / swift idiot      This man will be treated very kindly by history. So kindly, I'm hopeful for the birth of a religion
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fluffy      The world needs another Fred Rogers.
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Maxville      The epitome of class, dignity, and selflessness.. My children will grow up with him.
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bopeton      It makes me cry because there will never be another human being like this.
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KnifeGhost      We need some kind of humanist tradition roughly equivalent to Sainthood. He's the first up for canonization.
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tamago Update: According to the YouTube comments Jeff Erlanger, the kid in the wheelchair Fred was singing to, died 11 June. I bet the first thing Jeff did in the afterlife was find Fred and sing "It's You I Like" with him. And I still tear up watching this video.
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tamago Also, whoever rated this less than five stars has got some serious explaining to do.
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j lzrd / swift idiot Whoever rated this less than five has no soul, no value, and that's okay because we all still love you, and that's not faggy, that's just being kind to people who need kindness.
Won't you be my neighbor?
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Vicious      I'm crying happy tears out of my left eye and sad tears out of my right.
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danthedrummer      Fred Rogers was nothing less than a saint. This man taught us so much.
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theFlu      Legend has it that if you were to steal his red cardigan (on display at the Smithsonian), and put it on... it would fit well, and you'd slip into a gentle coma; only to awaken in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe as a puppet - under the reign of Rogers as the King; Charon driving the trolley between netherverses.
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thebaronsdoctor      I...I think I have something in my eye...
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