Who's Next on the Cancel Culture Docket --
Martin Luther King Jr.?!
Townhall,
by
Larry Elder
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
7/16/2020 12:43:26 PM
John Wayne's 1971 Playboy magazine interview has placed the legendary actor in the crosshairs of today's cancel culture social justice warriors. Activists demand that his name be removed from an Orange County, California, airport.
What did Wayne say 49 years ago? He said: "I believe in white supremacy until the Blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people." He added, "I don't feel guilty about the fact that five or 10 generations ago, these people were slaves."
Wayne's son Ethan does not defend his father's words, but asks for perspective:
Reply 1 - Posted by:
bpl40 7/16/2020 1:31:28 PM (No. 480429)
The most formidable obstacle in their path currently is PDT and his election with 309 Electoral votes. Anything that will help toward overturning that is admissible. Everything that detracts is fair game.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 7/16/2020 1:31:49 PM (No. 480432)
What's next to cancel? Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Easter, April Fools Day, The Tooth Fairy, Leprechauns, New Years Eve, MLK's Birthday, Washington's birthday, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Birthday Parties, Baptisms, Marriage, Divorce, Presidential Inauguration Day, Presidential elections, States rights, The Supreme Court, Baseball, football, basketball and hockey seasons, The Olympics, I mean where do you stop. How about canceling the cancel culture. Hmmmmmmm that's a good idea. Glad I thought of it.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
HPmatt 7/16/2020 1:33:16 PM (No. 480433)
How were MLK’s speeches received in ‘non-racist’ northern towns like Chicago and Boston? Musta bussed racists up there from Dixie eh?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bpl40 7/16/2020 1:34:27 PM (No. 480435)
Most formidable obstacle currently in their path his PDT and his election by 309 Electoral votes. Anything that helps in overturning that is accepted and anything which detracts from it is fair game.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 7/16/2020 1:46:12 PM (No. 480447)
BTW, Jews were slaves in the land of Egypt.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
qr4j 7/16/2020 2:14:26 PM (No. 480488)
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
qr4j 7/16/2020 2:18:16 PM (No. 480494)
We all are sinners. John Wayne was wrong about black folks. Harry Truman was wrong about Jews. The former mayor of Atlanta was wrong about Arabs. And I would contend that MLK was wrong about gay people. But, to quote a line from the theme song for the sitcom "Facts of Life," "You take the good; you take the bad; you take them both and there you have the facts of life." Both exist. Those canceling the past could one day be canceled. We need to find righteous indignation for what is wrong and we need to forgive it and correct it.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 7/16/2020 3:15:59 PM (No. 480539)
OOOPS....Inconvenient truths. People don't actually mostly think differently, they have just learned to suppress saying it out loud in most cases. Got to "celebrate" homosexuals. I complained about this stuff at work, being pushed down from NYC corporate office. My boss warned me not to talk about it at work, no disapproval, just "don't express that here, you won't win".
As to Wayne - well, I have known a number of excellent black men and women, but overall, I still think that their culture here and in Africa, on the average, is seriously dysfunctional, NOT to be admired.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Ribicon 7/16/2020 3:17:23 PM (No. 480541)
FTA: "Robert Kennedy, as attorney general, authorized wiretaps on Martin Luther King Jr., at a request made by the notorious FBI head, J. Edgar Hoover." And why are these records still sealed? MLK was a rapist enabler, and known to enjoy smacking around prostitutes (WHITE ones especially). Tear down his statues, rename the streets, swap out his national holiday with the ridiculous "Juneneenth" if we must have a special bLACK holiday.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
TCloud 7/16/2020 8:21:53 PM (No. 480763)
They want to change San Francisco to San Pelosi!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Smart11344 7/17/2020 1:36:43 PM (No. 481601)
I hope so. I understand the FBI has enough files on this commie, white woman philanderer to fill the Library of Congress. That's my dream, behead him.
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