someone remind these people: Martin Luther King, Jr. referred to homosexuality as a perversion.
saying that it is unfair to call out an interview from 50 years ago.
It was not John Wayne who said it, it was Mohammed Ali.
Drive to Lax then...............
What was the name of that 1974 WWII book by Cornelius Ryan?
Oh yes:
A BRIDGE TOO FAR.
Confederate statues pulled down by laughing mobs, tombstones defaced and shattered,white people denounced as all KKK white racists,sponsors withdrawing from Bill O’Reilly,Tucker Carlson,Laura Ingraham,Rush and others, Colin and hangers-on denigrating our American flag,President Trump and family threatened by “comics”, rock stars,TV and Hollywood people.
John Wayne defamed and denigrated. A bridge too far....
Everything he said was true and very unremarkable in 1971.
Do you want to give responsibility to irresponsible people?
Wasn’t Midnight Cowboy about a homosexuel escort?
And best of all, are socialist not into “Share the Wealth”?(Indians were “land rich”)
Hypocrites, Leftist are all hypocrites.
Intelligent analysis requires judging a man by the standards of his time. Playing “gotcha” with old quotes is just childish cultural Marxism.
Judging people of the past by current standards implies that we haven’t made progress.
With regard to John Wayne and the idea that black people need to be educated, there was an effort back then to improve education for black people so they could take their rightful place in society. It was called the civil rights movement.
Regarding using the word perverted to refer to, e.g., Easy Rider. Easy Rider wasn’t a pro-gay firm. It was a pro-hippie, pro-dope and pro-exploitation film. However, it did have a happy ending.
after a 1971 “Playboy” interview
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If men only bought Playboy to look at the pictures and NOT as the old joke said “just to read the articles” then they never read the John Wayne interview and I say it does not exist for that reason. Remember the philosophical question: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it really make a sound?
No.
And John Wayne stays.
My points?
1. Anti-gay comments were common and accepted back in the 20th century, and...
2. Those whining about John Wayne's speech are, beneath the surface, all about vilifying a conservative American Icon; and, alleged "hate speech" is just a convenient cudgel. Next, and importantly, they will be campaigning to have Waynes' movies be denounced and unshown.
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My first words were “dada”. Wonder if that’ll come back to haunt me?
These people are trolls. They contribute nothing to this world, they only try to feel good by pushing over something that someone else built. Not a bit of what they say matters or makes a difference, it shouldn’t be given the time of day.
The Left LOVES TO JUDGE history by the cultural mores of today.......except when it comes to THEIR ICONS.
And Robert “sheets” Byrd. KKK Grand Wizard and Democrat U.S. Senator. Has a gazillion buildings with his name on them.
Sounds like they want to rename everything and eventually rename the country.
OK.
Let’s rename it
The John Wayne Says Democrats Blow Airport
I could live with that.
I am positive, that people of every race, at one time in their life have made a very inappropiate statement, and later they realized what a stupid thing to say. So...let’s let John Waynes name stay, for all the good American movies he made. What do you say.
The path is clear for a complete rewrite of history.