Calls for Civility

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 27, 2018

Listeners weigh in on the place for politeness in political discourse in the wake of calls for disruptive activism by Maxine Waters and President Trump.

Quincy in White Plains compares refusing to serve Sarah Sanders to refusing African Americans under Jim Crow. Brian asks if there's difference bt refusing service to people in power and those w/out it. Caller says not, though he might understand refusing Trump himself
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 27, 2018

I would not personally have refused to serve her, however, we have become so disconnected from those in power that I wonder if this isn’t the only way to express a difference of opinion and have it heard.
— Soobee (@SooBeeinNY) June 27, 2018

There's a time and place for civility. When black people are being shot, women's rights are being curtailed, bans against members of certain religious groups and children too young to know their parents first name are separated - it is NOT THAT TIME.
— MmmmMmmmGoot (@mgooty) June 27, 2018

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