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My take on the iconic line from “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” is different from pretty much everyone else’s.

4 min readFeb 28

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Screenshot of John Wayne and James Stewart in “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.” Wayne is holding a lit match.

Last night, Turner Classic Movies ran “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” a classic 1962 movie directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and James Stewart.

John I. Carney

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Author of “Dislike: Faith and Dialogue in the Age of Social Media,” available at http://www.lakeneuron.com/dislike

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