He Said to Kill People in Interracial Relationships, Yet an Airport Is Named for Him.

The New American ^ | 2/23/19 | Selwyn Duke

[OddLane]

“A black man should be killed if he’s messing with a white woman.” This sentiment was uttered not in 1875 but 1975 — by a man with an airport named in his honor. This brings us to the effort to strip late actor John Wayne’s name from the airport in Orange County, California.

Those advocating such point to what they consider “the sheer crudeness of the actor’s feelings about gay people, black people, Native Americans, young people and liberals,” as the Los Angeles Times’ Michael Hiltzik puts it. But my opening, eyebrow-raising quotation is what’s truly shocking here. Let’s be fair: How can a man who uttered it have an airport named after him in 2019?

How?

Because the man who uttered it was not John Wayne.

It was late boxer Muhammad Ali...

[Drew68]

Say goodbye to John Wayne International Airport.

[RedMonqey]

Huuummmm

[gundog]

OK. Name the Louisville airport after Hunter S. Thompson, then.

[Steve_Seattle]

“the sheer crudeness of the actor’s feelings about gay people, black people, Native Americans, young people and liberals"

Well today there are many people - including people in places of power - who share "crude" ideas about white people, old people, males, heterosexuals, conservatives, and Christians.

[KC_Lion]

It sure looks like it.

John Wayne was also married to three Spanish/Latina women.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

How about MLK’s salty quotes negroes and prostitutes?

[Sertorius]

Don’t forget babies

[Drew68]

How about MLK’s salty quotes negroes and prostitutes?

Nothing. The left likes MLK.

[Vision]

Obama: “My grandmother was a typical white woman.”

[tomkat]

It'll be entertaining to read the comments and surmise how many posters failed to read the entirety of the short excerpt   :-)snicker

[Steve_Seattle]

"Say goodbye to John Wayne International Airport."

My ex grew up in Anaheim, and we flew in to John Wayne airport when we visited her parents. Very convenient - you could get in and out of there in about ten minutes; very small terminal, so there was minimal walking to your car or taxi.

[Drew68]

Well today there are many people - including people in places of power - who share "crude" ideas about white people, old people, males, heterosexuals, conservatives, and Christians.

Yep. And they've taken over Orange County.

They'll be renaming John Wayne International Airport.

[cnsmom]

Maybe everything in this country that anyone finds objectionable should be renamed the Jessie Smollett..... Sarc

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

So, I guess it was okay for Muhammed Ali to say that? Hello?

[Vision]

Does anybody want to start posting racist quotes from “spike lee”?

[dfwgator]

They just might remove Ali’s name if they knew he said this.

In response to the question, “What did you think of Africa?”, Ali responded, “Thank God my Granddaddy Got on that boat!”

[Vision]

It's time to rename Malcom X streets around the country, staring with Washington DC.

[Drew68]

It'll be entertaining to read the comments and surmise how many posters failed to read the entirety of the short excerpt :-)snicker

There is no movement at this moment to rename the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.

There is a now growing movement to rename John Wayne International Airport.

Conservatives continue to believe in equality and fairness. It doesn't exist. John Wayne will lose his airport for the sentiments he aired in 1971. Ali will not. The left likes Ali. They do not like Wayne and conservatives do not fight for their icons.

[Steve_Seattle]

"So, I guess it was okay for Muhammed Ali to say that? Hello?"

Ding ding ding - we have a winner! When Ali died, the left was in adulatory mourning for two weeks, even though - or because! - he made very similar statements to what Wayne said about interracial romance.