Originally Posted by
Gunny
I think he used it as a man of his time. The stories are about the main characters, not the peripheral ones. Jim was a dumbass. Also a product of his time. I loved the character though. You could have made him purple for all I cared.
What color was Lenny in "Of Mice and Men"? Looked pretty damned Wonderbread white to me.
And which leftwingnut socialist President praised "The Birth of a Nation"? The most racist film ever created.
I prefer to look at people in the times they lived in rather than judge them by today's rules.