Rooney did give to make a various exhibit: "Listen to this-Vietnam vet. " Hobson argued that Lear had tried to "deodorize" bigotry, to make it protected and lovable: among other matters, Archie made use of text like "coon" and "yid," but he did not say "nigger" or "kike." Rather than puncturing hatred, she argued, Lear experienced created Archie into a flattering mirror for bigots.