No. He wasn’t. I’m saying that too. But how is that a point in his defense?

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 8:44 AM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am saying he wasn't much of an outlier in the Republican Party
> On Jun 30, 2020, 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
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