When I was a kid I wanted Johnny Yuma’s sawed off shotgun SO bad!
I also wanted Lucas McCain’s rifle, Paladin’s derringer, Johnny Ringo’s revolver w/shotgun barrel, Josh Randall’s “mare’s leg” cut down Winchester, the list goes on.
Anyway...The Rebel was about a Confederate veteran in the Old West. What were his politics? IIRC, he was too busy righting wrongs & fighting injustice to have any “racist” views.
A step up from Red Ryder BB gun? :-)
You are correct there was no politicking on Johnny’s show. Always a gentleman. If any racist views were shown those would only be the animosity between north and south not between black and white. Those he met were still fighting the war in their imagination.
BTW - didn’t you just covet Bat Masterson’s cane? He was a dandy, dapper man. :-)