Back when I was in 'Nam (in the movies), I was 61 years old!

Nobody's criticizing John Wayne for his unfounded optimism about minorities

"I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility".

-- John Wayne, Playboy, 1971

Americans of that generation were generally more optimistic about everything, to a fault. Instead of responsibility, irresponsibility has spread in the interim, and infected the wider white majority.

Personally I give zero f*cks about AOC, that lyin' commie traitor