Many are calling for the John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California to be renamed after a 1971 interview with the legendary movie star surfaced in which he made controversial comments about race and homosexuality.

In the 48 year-old interview, Wayne said that he believed in “white supremacy,” at least until “irresponsible” black people became more educated, and that Native Americans were “selfishly” trying to keep their land. In addition, he allegedly used anti-gay slurs that are now considered offensive.

Michael Hiltzik penned an oped for The Los Angeles Times in which he called for the airport to be renamed.

“Orange County today is such an economically and ethnically diverse community that it’s hard to justify asking any member of that community to board planes at an airport named after an outspoken racist and homophobe, with his strutting statue occupying a central niche in front of the concourse,” Hiltzik wrote.

He added that since the airport was named after Wayne in 1979, progressive politics have completely taken over.

“That should be evident from the results of November’s election, in which voters turfed out the county’s last remaining GOP members of Congress — some of whom had embraced Donald Trump in a fruitless effort to save their careers–and elected an all-Democratic congressional delegation,” he wrote.

Others, however, do not agree with Hiltzik.

“Removing his name from Orange County’s airport now only validates what many Americans are coming to believe: You can’t say anything anymore, darn it, without being discovered and punished by the mob,” Madeline Fry wrote for the Washington Examiner.

Do you think the airport should be renamed? What are your thoughts on the easily offended searching for soundbites from the past to push a narrative? Let us know in the comments section.