ZitatFor decades, to many people around the world, John Wayne represented the best of America: strong, courageous, selfless, tough, and fair.
To some, John Wayne was America. But John Wayne was also a man of his times. He had stereotypical views of blacks, women, and other minorities. And in today’s woke culture, that’s reason enough to cancel him.
Democrats in Orange County, Calif., have passed a resolution demanding that John Wayne Airport be renamed and that Wayne’s “name and likeness” be removed from the Orange County airport.
Liberals have hated John Wayne for decades, despising his unabashed, pro-American patriotism. Now, they think they have the muscle to erase him from history.
Fox News:
"The resolution, first reported by the Los Angeles Times, calls on the Orange County Board of Supervisors to reverse the 1979 decision to rename it after Duke, and cites remarks he made in a 1971 interview with Playboy.
“I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don’t believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people,” he said in that interview nearly 50 years ago."
In that Playboy interview, Wayne declined to feel guilty as a white person for slavery, saying “I don’t feel guilty about the fact that five or 10 generations ago these people were slaves.”
This is a major problem. A white person refusing to feel guilty about something he didn’t do, didn’t take part in isn’t guilty of? How dare he!
As a matter of personal honesty and forthrightness, I must confess I once worked at this airport. It contains a small restaurant and bar and I was a bartender. No, really.
ZitatFor decades, to many people around the world, John Wayne represented the best of America: strong, courageous, selfless, tough, and fair.
To some, John Wayne was America. But John Wayne was also a man of his times. He had stereotypical views of blacks, women, and other minorities. And in today’s woke culture, that’s reason enough to cancel him.
Democrats in Orange County, Calif., have passed a resolution demanding that John Wayne Airport be renamed and that Wayne’s “name and likeness” be removed from the Orange County airport.
Liberals have hated John Wayne for decades, despising his unabashed, pro-American patriotism. Now, they think they have the muscle to erase him from history.
Fox News:
"The resolution, first reported by the Los Angeles Times, calls on the Orange County Board of Supervisors to reverse the 1979 decision to rename it after Duke, and cites remarks he made in a 1971 interview with Playboy.
“I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don’t believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people,” he said in that interview nearly 50 years ago."
In that Playboy interview, Wayne declined to feel guilty as a white person for slavery, saying “I don’t feel guilty about the fact that five or 10 generations ago these people were slaves.”
This is a major problem. A white person refusing to feel guilty about something he didn’t do, didn’t take part in isn’t guilty of? How dare he!
As a matter of personal honesty and forthrightness, I must confess I once worked at this airport. It contains a small restaurant and bar and I was a bartender. No, really.
Never apologize. It's a sign of weakness - CPT. Nathan Brittles, "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon"