Also, is this a meme?

Don't get it twisted. There were plenty of people who were against slavery but still deeply racist. There was a big movement among abolitionists to send all the black folks back to Africa. That's how Liberia was founded.

Oh trust me, they do understand the importance of education. That's why they cut funding.

No, they did it twice. This is from the later one:

https://youtu.be/QgPkXlkEvWI

https://youtu.be/DqSBqfDgOsQ

Lovely interview with (Officer) Francois Clemmons. Clemmons grew up during civil rights unrest and was firehosed and beaten by cops and did not want to play one on TV. I don't know if making kids less scared of cops was a good thing or not, but I know Mr. Rogers' heart was in the right place.

https://youtu.be/UD7Z-O7U33c

The song at the end is the one Clemmons sang while they were hanging out in the pool the second time they did this scene 20 years after the first one: "There are many ways to say I love you." In this one Mr. Rogers dried Officer Clemmons' feet as they were getting out of the pool.

Classic Mr. Rogers story that when you dig deeper, it's even more wholesome than initially presented.

Also better that he just played a cop, instead of actually being one

It was 3

That’s when you know you’re winning.

Yeah, I'm an asshole, I know I'm an asshole, but I do try to not make it a problem for other people and I think watching his show as a kid definitely helped me to be better about that.

I grew up on Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, etc. They’re a big part of what shaped me and made me empathetic. I live a good life but the world around me (the US) is determined to make me bitter and angry, and it’s an everyday struggle to keep my mind above water.

I know if he were around today, he would still manage to always keep a cool head and a grounded spirit, despite knowing where this country is headed.

Because it was cold out, but they both had insanely bad cases of athletes foot.

Can someone tell me why Mr Rogers is still wearing a sweater?

Because he's Mr. Rogers.

No need, he only played a cop on the show, his real occupation was singer, actor & lecturer.

meme

/miːm/

noun

1. A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. 
2. A self-propagating unit of cultural evolution having a resemblance to the gene by (the unit of genetics).
3. A thought, idea, joke, or concept that spreads online, often virally. Can be in the form of an image, a video, an email, an animation, or music.
4. A cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation).

The meme is deep