John Wayne Estate Shares Kind Anecdote About Him, But the Reaction Is Mixed
The official John Wayne Twitter account shared an anecdote about the actor this week trying to [...]
Heart
he is apparently a man with a big heart. I do not understand the public outraged about his comments made in a different society, a different way of life, and he has never had the press say anything bad about him.
— Jackie Weaver (@JackieW48380793) July 8, 2020
prevnextThat' s the behaviour of a fella with a heart in the right place, that's why we still love him today!
— Dr. Marc-Oliver Dannenberg (@DrDannenberg) July 8, 2020
Mocking
prevnextReal translation. The nickname was "The man with the big ego".
— RezDevil (@rez_devil) July 12, 2020
😄😄😄
Other Stories
John Wayne once went to visit singer Charlie Pride. Charlie was the only black star in country music in the 1960's. John Wayne was a huge fan of Charlies. After their visit, a delivery truck arrived at Charlies home delivering a full console color TV to Charlie from the Duke.
— Mack McKinney (@USMCMcKinney) July 11, 2020
prevnextSuch a wonderful man! A friend of mine had a wonderful story about him.
— Cheryl Dover (@CA_Bledsoe) July 8, 2020
Native American Representation
prevnextThe same The Searchers where a Native American woman was viciously kicked for laughs? Where Native Americans are treated like a horde of zombies to be killed? Where a white woman is "rescued" by force from living with Native Americans? One kindness does not erase a life of racism pic.twitter.com/1G30pP5HcW
— 𝙸𝙽𝚃. 𝙽𝙰𝚃𝙴 𝚁𝚄𝙴𝙶𝙶𝙴𝚁 - 𝙿𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙴𝙽𝚃🏚 (@NateRuegger) July 8, 2020
Focus
The racist. RENAME THE AIRPORT!!!! https://t.co/oA7IVy7Jhj
— Jose M Guardia (@jmguardia) July 8, 2020
prevnextHAHAHA ...!
— Gallus Domesticus (@BBQdegato) July 8, 2020
Changing Minds
prevnextBecause of his white supremacist comments against Blacks and Natives, my grandma shared the pic on Facebook and said they should’ve used real bullets in his movies cause she didn’t stand for that shit 😏 https://t.co/lLMfUbnbVq
— sho 🍷 (@asdzaashosh) July 12, 2020
Skepticism
prevThe tribe really has to collect oral history stories from those who worked with Ford and Wayne back in those days.
— Tripped Out Coyote (@Maii_Degeese) July 12, 2020