At last. . .
[Bruce Frohnen  03/07 12:44 PM]

Yes, at last a topic on which I can claim to be somewhat of an expert, and about which we can, perhaps, have a real, knock-down, drag-out fight on this blog. Here goes: Homer Simpson is NOT crunchy. He is the writers' stand-in for a crunchy, existing solely to be used to ridicule anyone with even the slightest conservatism in his life and values! Haven't you noticed, Caleb, that almost every episode in a very ham-fisted fashion tells us that we should like, side with, and sympathize with Lisa? That obnoxious little pseudo-intellectual with the sandals and weird haircut is the writers' version of what someone who is crunchy really ought to be. Homer does a crumby job at work, sent his father off to the home after stealing his house, and in general has no clue how lucky he is that his wife, infinitely his better in every way, is trapped by (supposedly misplaced) emotional attachment into staying with him. His son gives Homer what he deserves, trouble and no respect. And his daughter, the vegetarian feminist who knows so much more than anyone else on the show, pities him, at best.