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.
It would be entertaining if it weren't such a frightening snapshot of what the left has been capitalizing on every day, every hour for decades. It's a powerful weapon, and this is what conservatism is up against, even among its own.
I understand why the article's author of this article wrote this as he did. It's effective....but, only to people who bother to read past the first few lines. It would have been perfect in another day, another time. Not so long ago, actually. But, today, half the country doesn't read at all, and far too many of the other half see a headline or read a lede and it's on to the next story.
If professed, informed conservatives on a conservative site don't bother to read past a headline, what's the likelihood that truth, facts and logic is going to reach those most lacking in it?
I admit I was hornswaggled by the presentation in light of the current outrage over the unpcthink of the late Mr. Morrison, and the author is clever to compare that to racial musings of the same era uttered by the late Mr. Clay, and didn’t read it closely ‘til I saw your post.
I remember after he died, the c-rat can openers that I’ve been told the army called P-38s, went from being known as “John Waynes” to “Dead Dukes” in the Marines. Sgt. Stryker loomed large in the image that the USMC embraced at the time, don’t know if that is still true or not.
Ali, not so much, he was sort of dismissed as a draft dodger, respected by many for his talent but certainly not the icon the John Wayne was.
In real life, Mr. Morrison chose Hollywood over actual service while the nation fought for survival, and his actions at the time indicate he had mixed feelings about it, taking some steps towards signing up, but ultimately accepting the deferments that he was given. A good case can be made that the deferments were legit and he did more for the war effort in front of a camera than he could of in a real uniform, but real service or not, John Wayne’s Hollywood image was embraced by the public and the USMC of my day.
While I enjoy a good John Wayne flick and recognize “the Greatest” probably was really just that in his prime, If it was up to me I’d settle the issue by renaming both airports. I’d go for Haerter and Yale.