Stop the Politically Correct Renaming of Airports!

American Thinker  "Leftists in southern California have their knickers in a knot after a recent Los Angeles Times opinion piece resurfaced of John Wayne’s Playboy interview of 1971.  Most people only read the Times article about the interview, but I read the original, comprehensive interview.  While Wayne had a dirty mouth, he was not the dumb cowboy depicted by his critics.  He had many very thoughtful comments on America, but three or four comments got him in trouble -- 50 years later.

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"They were so bad, progressives want his name removed from the John Wayne Airport, the commercial airport serving Orange County, California.  However, other progressives are tolerant of a black who said equally objectionable things who is to have an airport named for him."
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"But progressives in are not as sensitive to rooting out people who expressed bigoted sentiments around the same time Wayne unburdened himself of his thoughts, if they are Muslim.  A Black Muslim from Louisville, M[u]hammad Ali, is to get his home town airport named for him.
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"Almost everyone praised [Muhammad]Ali’s “courage” for refusing to fight for his country (or serve as a non-combatant) during the Vietnam War, suggesting that he was a very principled man; however, few are willing to discuss his call for murder and his lack of self-discipline when it came to sexual affairs.

"The London Daily Mail bravely opined, “when it came to his private life his morals were those of an alley cat.  The way he treated his first three wives and neglected some of his nine (known) children was frankly disgraceful.”

"Let’s all learn from any real mistakes and move on. Stop whining and looking for ways to be offended.  Moreover, let’s stop requiring people from the past to meet the present, modern, exalted progressive values. But if Wayne’s name should be removed from the California airport then Ali’s name should be removed from the Kentucky airport.  Everyone will agree with that except the hypocrites. 

"Leave both airports alone. "