I am saying he wasn't much of an outlier in the Republican Party
On Jun 30, 2020, 6:35 AM, at 6:35 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >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. -- 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/06bcddd9-b967-4b73-9e16-b3bbeb50c6c3%40gmail.com.
