I never thought that All in the Family was funny, but I agree that Archie just plain didn't know any better, and good hearted. I loathed Mike, who was not only misogynist, but the way he treated Archie, the man who fed and housed him and his family for years, was incredibly disrespectful. If he didn't like how Archie treated HIM, he was free to get a job and support his family himself.