People tend to forget that many liberals didn’t like Lear’s character of Meathead - a stereotypical hippy who couldn’t hold a job. Yes, there was Archie the racist, but Lear also created black characters who were bigots George Jefferson frequently had issues with his mixed-race neighbors - he often used words like honky and zebra. And the character Fred Sanford had his prejudices, too, like when he had an appointment with a white nurse and said, “I ain’t goin’ in there with that ugly old white woman!” Lear created some good balance in that regard, showing that all people can have prejudices.
Trivia question:
What was Redd Foxx real name?
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.....John Sanford......................
In his day Lear was a raving leftist trying to subvert everything in sight....
but by today’s standards he was open minded on many topics and most of his shows would be banned immediately as right wing extremist insurrectionist and racist.