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John Wayne, Who's Been Dead For 40 Years, Sparks Social Media Outrage Over a 1971 Playboy Interview

February 23, 2019 Jordan Ruimy
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Make no mistake about it: John Wayne was not, by any means, a bleeding heart liberal. However, given the shocking reaction from many this past week, stemming from some old comments Wayne gave more than four decades ago, it seems like progressive millennials really thought The Duke was one of their own.

I thought the 1971 interview Wayne gave to Playboy Magazine was well-known and infamous for its bluntness and the way Wayne came off as being utterly bigoted towards African-Americans, Native-Americans, and homosexual couples. Why must social media be up in arms about it today? What’s the point of it resurfacing almost 50 years later? Does this just prove that people have absolutely no idea how racist things were back in the day? It’s not like there aren’t other interviews where you can unearth racist-filled diatribes from well-known celebrities, stemming from back in the day. One has to just go back and find them online. Just a little bit of knowledge kiddies, America has a history of extreme racism, if ya didn’t know.

Now an L.A. Times writer calling for Wayne’s name to be stripped off of Orange County Airport. Outrage culture has gone out of control, folks.

A sampling of some of what Wayne had to say:

PLAYBOY: What kind of films do you consider perverted?
WAYNE: Oh, Easy Rider, Midnight Cowboy—that kind of thing. Wouldn’t you say that the wonderful love of those two men in Midnight Cowboy, a story about two fags, qualifies? But don’t get me wrong. As far as a man and a woman is concerned, I’m awfully happy there’s a thing called sex. It’s an extra something God gave us. I see no reason why it shouldn’t be in pictures. Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.

PLAYBOY: Angela Davis claims that those who would revoke her teaching credentials on ideological grounds are actually discriminating against her because she’s black. Do you think there’s any truth in that?
WAYNE: With a lot of blacks, there’s quite a bit of resentment along with their dissent, and possibly rightfully so. But we can’t all of a sudden get down on our knees and turn everything over to the leadership of the blacks. 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.

You guys don’t need to go back to John Wayne to find racist homophobes - maybe we should focus on the alive ones?

— Whitney Cummings (@WhitneyCummings) February 20, 2019

John Wayne should run for Governor of Virginia.

— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) February 20, 2019

Is John Wayne seriously trending on Twitter because some rando rediscovered the 1971 Playboy interview? It's infamous! It's one of the most talked about celebrity interviews in history! How do you "rediscover" it? It's like "rediscovering" the John Lennon Playboy interview.

— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) February 19, 2019

John Wayne was born in 1907. Breaking news, folks: every human born in 1907 or earlier had opinions you would find abhorrent today. You may be able to find a few exceptions to this rule, but not many.

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 19, 2019
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