[Mick]

"a decent fellow..." JS made a major contribution to the coarsening of American public culture, just to keep the money flowing into his checking account. He also tricked people into making crass fools, knaves, thugs, and jackasses out of themselves in public. What a guy!

Unfortunately, I have to agree with this statement. The only debate could be to what degree he contributed to said coarsening as opposed to what degree he merely exploited what already existed.

More than contributing, I think he was an innovator in the course of coarsening public debate. You don't get here if you're not a leader in the field:
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1/7) Movie CLIP - The Evils on "Springer" (1999) HD - YouTube

[Mick]

"a decent fellow..." JS made a major contribution to the coarsening of American public culture, just to keep the money flowing into his checking account. He also tricked people into making crass fools, knaves, thugs, and jackasses out of themselves in public. What a guy!

Unfortunately, I have to agree with this statement. The only debate could be to what degree he contributed to said coarsening as opposed to what degree he merely exploited what already existed.

More than contributing, I think he was an innovator in the course of coarsening public debate. You don't get here if you're not a leader in the field:
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1/7) Movie CLIP - The Evils on "Springer" (1999) HD - YouTube