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This is an interesting story. John Wayne was a hero to nearly all of America. However, we need to remember that it was a vastly different America than we have now. There was a time when everyone in the country was racist to some degree. We see this now as being wrong, but decades ago not only was it not considered wrong, it was perfectly acceptable and encouraged to a large degree.
On one hand we shouldn't give credit to those are who are racists, bigots, and homophobes. On the other hand, we cannot erase and should not forget our past. If we were to remove monuments and erase the history of those racists, bigots, and homophobes... We would be removing a lot of our history.
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“The choice is no longer between right or left. The choice is between normal and crazy.”
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
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