That show All in The Family is always a sore subject with me, because I always agreed with the supposedly bigoted Archie character - and still do, even after learning Archie was supposed to be mocking people like me.
The things that irritated or offended Archie also irritated and offended me.
The things Archie thought were stupid and perverse actually were stupid and perverse.
The whole thing is twisted - like making fun of people who think the 2020 election was stolen, or who believe Trump and Kavanaugh are perfect gentleman - as I do.
I agree and suspect we may be wired much the same FRiend.
Here we had a tv show where the dope smoking loser who had never achieved anything was always self-righteously lecturing Archie.
So who was Archie? Probably a guy who fought in WW2 or Korea, came home, worked his tail off to marry his sweetheart, own a house, and raise a little girl. He was supposed to be the buffoon?
I was THE typical rebellious teenager in those days and even dumbass me was still able to see through that propaganda.
it’s the liberal playbook really- take the truth, make fun of the truth- make people think that the truth is only attractive to bigots and extremists-
“Archie Bunker’’.
I’ve often told people that ‘’archie’’ was a British WW2 era slang word for anti aircraft fire.
Just think of the name and the image ‘’Archie Bunker’’.