Posted on 11/06/2019 9:30:51 AM PST by Morgana
Jerry Springer, the former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, best known for his crass TV show, has blamed President Donald Trump for America’s so-called lack of civility.
Springer made the comments in a discussion with MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle over the weekend about whether civil norms are breaking down in the modern era.
“I used to joke and say that my anger at the president is that he took my show and brought it to the White House,” Springer said. “Civility is critical in terms of our norms, and we can’t function as a society unless we have norms of how to behave. You can’t pass enough laws to take care of every human interaction.”
Springer went on to argue that it is America’s “leaders,” be they government or even economic and religious who are most responsible.
“When they misbehave, when they say the norms don’t matter, when they say, ‘You can use whatever language you want, anything you can get away with, get away with it. If you don’t pay taxes, you’re smart.’ Demeaning other people. When they have this behavior, it tells society that we really don’t have any norms anymore.”
Ruhle responded by noting the irony that The Jeremy Springer Show became one of the country’s most popular TV shows because of the lack of civility shown among its guests, who were often seen screaming, fighting, and throwing chairs around the studio.
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Trump is gonna have fun with this one onstage in Monroe tonight.
That’s rich coming from him.
Jerry Springer, the epitome of civility......
Literal projection on his part.
I didn’t even know this clown was still around ...
Morton Downey was better.
Me neither....
What???? Is Springer accusing Donald Trump of having watched Springer’s cesspool TV program?
WRONG springer spaniel boy IT’S the zer0’s FAULT...
Hitler blames US troops after D Day for “breakdown in civility” in France.
That’s the new definition of chutzpah: Jerry Springer blaming someone for the decline in American civility.
So, who knew? Jerry prefers quiet tyranny to a clash of ideas. Odd that.
What amazes me is how uncanny it is that Donald Trump has ALL the right enemies...everywhere.
And Jerry’s god the Fraud said, “They bring a knife, we bring a gun.”
FO JS!
I guess he’s been asleep for a couple of decades.
News flash, Jerry. Civility died during the Vietnam war.
MR. SPRINGER IS SMOKING THAT STUFF AGAIN.
Truly hilarious coming from the man who made a name for himself with trash TV that featured every piece of human garbage you could think of. Breakdown of civility Jerry?
Springer, who got rich showing the lowest depths of depravity and low-life garbage, says Trump is not civil.
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