I was watching the movie The Cowboys last night and read up on him on IMDB. I saw that he was quite the conservative and came under intense scrutiny for an article that was in Playboy that featured his political beliefs. His remarks regarding the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the gay community (he hated the movie Midnight Cowboy, because of its homosexual slant) and the condemnation he faced reminded me of the condemnation conservatives are facing today if they speak poorly of BLM or favorably of MAGA..
Here's a passage from the story:
"In the late Twenties, when I was a sophomore at USC, I was a socialist myself—but not when I left. The average college kid idealistically wishes everybody could have ice cream and cake for every meal. But as he gets older and gives more thought to his and his fellow man's responsibilities, he finds that it can't work out that way—that some people just won't carry their load ... I believe in welfare—a welfare work program. I don't think a fella should be able to sit on his backside and receive welfare. I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living. I'd like to know why they make excuses for cowards who spit in the faces of the police and then run behind the judicial sob sisters. I can't understand these people who carry placards to save the life of some criminal, yet have no thought for the innocent victim." - John Wayne
Gotta love The Duke. Well, you don't have to, but I do. I've always patterned my coaching after his character Wil Anderson. My daughters might say my parenting is a lot like it, too, but it doesn't play as well with girls.
Here's a passage from the story:
"In the late Twenties, when I was a sophomore at USC, I was a socialist myself—but not when I left. The average college kid idealistically wishes everybody could have ice cream and cake for every meal. But as he gets older and gives more thought to his and his fellow man's responsibilities, he finds that it can't work out that way—that some people just won't carry their load ... I believe in welfare—a welfare work program. I don't think a fella should be able to sit on his backside and receive welfare. I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living. I'd like to know why they make excuses for cowards who spit in the faces of the police and then run behind the judicial sob sisters. I can't understand these people who carry placards to save the life of some criminal, yet have no thought for the innocent victim." - John Wayne
Gotta love The Duke. Well, you don't have to, but I do. I've always patterned my coaching after his character Wil Anderson. My daughters might say my parenting is a lot like it, too, but it doesn't play as well with girls.
