John Wayne came from a different era. Born in 1907, he had views that were not untypical for his time. Doesn't make them right of course, but I see no reason to make a big deal of it now since the interview has been in the public domain for nearly 40 years.
The only thing I did not know until I read the article is that John Wayne had multiple deferments to avoid service in WWII. Personally, the deferments were more of a shock to me than Wayne's Playboy interview comments. I mean nearly everyone was into service of country back then. My dad enlisted at 14 to fight in the war for heavens's sake...to hear my grandmother tell the story was a trip....but I digress.
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John Wayne: Public Enemy
"We used to think the sins of the past should be buried with the dead. But now, in the age of "reparations," no man, no period of history, and no aspect of Western culture is safe from the vengeful SJWs. After Oliver Cromwell's death in 1658, he was buried with honors in Westminster Abbey. Three years later, as the national mood turned against him, he was exhumed and subjected to a posthumous execution: he was hanged, decapitated, his head put on a pike, and his body thrown into a pit.
We don't conduct posthumous executions yet, except of reputations. So we pull down the statues of great men, strike their names off public buildings, cover up their images and likenesses in educational institutions".
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This is no different than asking 21 Century Millennials to pay reparations to people that were never slaves. Additionally ripping down statues have no value in seeking SWJ.