Now The Mob Left Is Going After The Duke!

The Looney Left Report

First they went after books they don't like from bygone days. Then they went after authors they don't like (like Laura Ingalls Wilder). Then they went after statues of confederates. Now liberals are targeting the Duke.

According to Fox News:

The first shots may have been fired in a war against "The Duke." 

A debate is now underway over whether a Southern California airport should bear the name of screen legend John Wayne, who died nearly 40 years ago at age 72. The discussion stems from the recent social-media uproar that followed the resurfacing of a 1971 Playboy interview in which Wayne made remarks that critics described as racist and homophobic. 

John Wayne Airport is located in Orange County, where Wayne lived for most of his adult life. The airport, previously named Orange County Airport, has been the subject of debate in the past, but mostly over concerns that the Wayne name fails to convey the airstrip's location in Santa Ana. 

The latest calls for changing the name stem from Wayne's remarks, made at age 63, that he believed in “white supremacy,” at least until "irresponsible" black people became more educated, and that Native Americans were “selfishly” trying to keep their land. 

But Wayne’s defenders say it’s unfair to judge the actor on comments from nearly 50 years ago when he is no longer alive to respond to the criticism. 

“Removing his name from Orange County’s airport now only validates what many Americans are coming to believe: You can’t say anything anymore, darn it, without being discovered and punished by the mob,” Madeline Fry wrote in the Washington Examiner.

Gee, how about dishonoring John Lennon for calling Mick Jagger's stage act "fag dancing" while we're at it. By "today's standards" isn't that "homophobic"?

Roscoe Lee Browne co-starred with Wayne in 1971's The Cowboys. He described working with Wayne as "delightful" and said he had "never worked with anyone who was more professional or generous of spirit."

According to IMDb:

Despite their political and social opinion differences, John Wayne and Roscoe Lee Browne shared a love of poetry. They sometimes quoted their favorite verses between takes.

Racist?

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