I’m not sure your first point is a defense. Orange County chose to name the airport after him when it was proud of its identity as a bastion of white, conservative, Republican power in Sothern California, specifically to celebrate and brand itself with Wayne’s brand of thinly veiled racism and jingoism. The county is substantially (though not completely) different today, and no surprise a majority there no longer want the racist brand.
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 8:41 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > What John Wayne said was inexcusable and likely he said much worse in > private. > Two points in his defense: > His views were not that far from typical Republican views at the time > (read transcripts of the Nixon tapes) and sadly not far enough from the > beliefs of most white Americans. > He fully owned the racist character in "The Searchers" and Hollywood has > produced few movies as anti-Trumpanzee as "The Searchers." > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020, 7:05 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> And yet, there are many people who call the Orange County Airport John >> Wayne. >> >> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 11:31 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> M-D November, today (6/29): >>>> >>>> Yeah, what was the rationale behind that, anyway? >>> >>> >>> Airports for the most part are named for where they are (sorry, NY), and >>> many a SoCal'er knew there wasn't a city there named for Hope, so... >>> >>> >>> https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2017/12/15/bob-hope-airport-renamed-so-passengers-know-where.html >>> (link) >>> >>> B >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9938bf4b-d8b6-4939-807e-21f218ec2629o%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9938bf4b-d8b6-4939-807e-21f218ec2629o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYL-JNc3ifuhpVm4ABoP5AYp1E4ggBD9Xf2Yyf45srQjxg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYL-JNc3ifuhpVm4ABoP5AYp1E4ggBD9Xf2Yyf45srQjxg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8ywcOicUuJB-6UASjTD5v163unwD643PZTRvB6MeeOS5oA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8ywcOicUuJB-6UASjTD5v163unwD643PZTRvB6MeeOS5oA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKtfE-X%3DUsU0UVxmsfdn7JuV2a%2BniGZxUDmumkAeLmCqA%40mail.gmail.com.
