The show's creator was a major lefty, too. Archie's views were supposed to be held up to ridicule by the viewer. But, much like Gordon Gekko's "Greed is good," what to the liberal mind was an abhorrence found resonance in "right" minds to the chagrin of the left. Michael Douglas deals to this day with thumbs-up from people who see greed as a driver of economics rather than the left's whipping boy.
Archie let us get in touch with our inner racist.
Lear’s father called him “meathead”. Politically, Rob Reiner is a moonbat and his dad Carl prob is one too. I heard Carl interviewed on radio and he said he was proud he got his start through some kind of acting program sponsored by the government. Carl’s sitcom Head of the Family became the Dick Van Dyke show, and the main char was named after Carl’s son: Rob.
If Archie were around today you might hear:
“Hey I read here that there’s a fox loose on the grounds of the White House”
Archie: “I ain’t surprised. Been a family o’ coons livin’ there for quite some time now...”
One of the accomplishments of All in the Family was to establish the stereotype and perpetuate the myth that conservatives are more racist than liberals.
You might not have realized this, but in truth Archie’s racism is the one trait which he shared with liberals as well as with anyone else.
Lear didn’t create it. He updated a British show.