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Part Two: John Wayne: A Dude Who Sucked

Behind the Bastards

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Defending Yourself Against Communism

Film critic and historian emmanuel leve b believes that guilt over his failure to serve in world war two drove wayn to right wing politics. He described the attitude of his colleagues towards traditional americana as a kind of sneering. The people who are the most vitriolic are also folks who would never in their falking lives fight for any cause, he says.

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