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When you are being mistreated or attacked, lean in with love.

And one of the best examples that I saw of this was by Mr. Rogers. Do you all remember Mr. Rogers?

Okay, here's the scenario, okay? The year is 1969. America is angry. Vietnam is burning. M.L.K.

R.F.K. are gone, slain. The country's children, they're absorbing it all. Right there in their living

rooms on screens

night after night. But back in Washington, D.C., the government has a different priority, and that is to

cut the budget, specifically cut the $20 million budget earmarked for public broadcasting. So the

arena is the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, and Senator John Pastori presides, and he is known as a political

bulldog. Sharp tongue, no patience or fluff. All day long, he's heard from lawyers and

executives and media heads defending PBS, and at that point, he's had enough. He's tapping his

pen, he's shuffling his papers. He's not convinced. He's not moved. Then a name is

called Fred Rogers. And a slight man steps forward. Thin frame, soft voice, no showbiz flare,

just a simple suit and a quiet calm. And Pastori doesn't even fake interest. He looks at him

and barks, all right, Rogers, I have 10 minutes. See if you can

convince me. Go ahead. Not a greeting, a dare. But Mr. Rogers doesn't flinch. He doesn't meet

fire with fire. He begins, not with statistics, not with trying to convince, but with stillness,

with a calm presence. And he says,

Senator Pastor, I am very concerned, as I know that you are about what's being delivered to our children on television. It wasn't an attack. It wasn't a defense. It was just care.

And then he does something that nobody expects. He doesn't lobby. He doesn't try to reason.

He doesn't try to convince. He just lowers his voice and starts

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