Should Peggy have told Dale the truth?

If she had even half of the integrity she claims she does, yes.

If revealing that caused them to split, it would probably ruin Dale's life big time unless he makes enough from his exterminator business to afford his home.

>>149128095
he barely makes a living wage

>>149128095
>his home
lmfao that shit ain't gonna be his after a divorce court, even back then

>>149128095
Nancy canonically pays the bills on the house, Dale pays for the cable. The morgage is probably in her name because Dale wouldn't want to use his real name

>>149127907 (OP)
There's no way Dale would have accepted the truth, his mind would reject it no matter what.

Same way Hank comprehend why a man would want to be a woman.

>>149127907 (OP)
He already knew.

>>149127907 (OP)
It's actually a very good moral conflict. Because obviously, yes, she should've, right? Hell, all of them should've. Dale's kind of a piece of shit, but he's absurdly loyal to Nancy and, for all his faults, a devoted father to Joseph. These people are his friends and neighbor's keeping a horrible secret from him. His own ignorance and blindness only add to this, making you feel, in principle, very sorry for him.

But then there's all the particulars of the actual relationship. Dale is just a ridiculous man, it's a joke he hasn't figured it out already. As >>149128557 said, it's easy to imagine he wouldn't believe it even if everyone calmly explained it to him. And while what Nancy did is very, very shitty, it's not like Dale wasn't otherwise kind of weird idiot who left her way too lonely. That's not an excuse, but it's clear Dale repairs their relationship over the course of the show in a way that he was not doing around the time Joseph was born. There's also the other practical aspects. Nancy has, or will I can't remember the timeline, stopped seeing Redcorn. Joseph sees Dale, and only Dale, as his father. It's fucked up, but things largely worked out, so why rock the boat?

Really, the most important part is how the show portrays the trials of trying to maintain a community. It's all well and good for us to say, and not wrongly, they should've told Dale. But they have to live with it, and him, and it's really, really hard to see how doing the "right thing" would actually result in fixing anything. By that point, anyway. It's unclear, I think, when everyone learned, but the biggest problem is they let it fester for so long that not ripping the bandaid became a much more attractive prospect.

I think I still would've told Dale, but it's hard for me to know what else I would've done and it would've been a hard choice.

>>149127907 (OP)
It wouldn't have solved anything and would have torn the community apart. Dale would have gone off the deep end, Joseph would now be expected to interact with John Redcorn (a man whose life is shambles by his own standards because he has nothing to offer a wife or child beyond knowing how to slam pussy well) over Dale, who imparted good values in him and is always there when he needs it.
Nancy especially would have suffered because John Redcorn can only function as an exciting boyfriend at best while Dale gave her a sense of stability and genuine affection she desperately needed. Remember that when pressed to the wall and burdened with making a choice, Nancy's final decision before John Redcorn called it off was to attempt to choose both, with John Redcorn effectively being a sex toy while Dale met all her other needs. Similarly, Nancy always lost her shit in the handful of moments where Dale gave even a modicum of attention to another woman,.

Off topic question but isn't it weird that no one ever said "nigger" in the show? A bit unrealistic for a Texan setting...

>>149129703
Back then texans weren't the subhumans they have become

>>149127907 (OP)
This was one of those awful situations where maintaining the status quo is best for everyone involved. Luckily for Peggy, it ended sooner after she learned.

>>149129748
No they definitely were, but KOTH takes place in a middle class suburban neighborhood, most of the bad shit happens out in the sticks. Or in Dallas sallad.

>>149129703
They're in the DFW area in a suburban neighborhood, it's really not that racist. The hardcore racism is more out in the country which is, ironically, more monochromatic to begin with. Even then Texas is less racist than the Deep South, although Texas does have it's issues. Shit, Houston is the most diverse city in the nation.

>>149129748
As an outsider European, the only subhumans are you blue haired vegan northerner cucks.

>>149129703
Even a century ago, when saying it was more common, "nigger" was not polite speech. People might say it when furious or in private, but it was, in truth, never a thing people said except to be vulgar.

And Hank's cohort were never the kind of people who would be that vulgar.

>>149130276
Cope libcuck

>>149130346
Hank Hill would hate you.

>>149127907 (OP)
There's a Bible verse that says roughly that if someone sins, you should go to that person and confront them in private, to get them to stop. You try to solve the matter privately and only out them as a last resort. I don't remember the exact course of events but if I were Peggy (thank God I'm not), I would've gone to Nancy and confronted her to get her to stop, and if she won't listen to reason and cease the affair then I would've told Dale.

>>149129703
I mean even if it were realistic the network would never let them.

Notice that Cotton is never allowed to say “Jap,” even though that’s what all WWII soldiers called the Japanese. Instead he says “Tojo” or “Japan man.” He’s a walking censor note.

>>149130741
Would Cotton say nigger?

>>149131034
he has it in him, but i believe he'd say something more obscure like "moon-cricket" or "spook". Similarly to calling all japs "Tojo's" instead of just saying "gook". He relishes in his vast repertoire of slurmanship. Saying "nigger" or "chink" isn't below him, it's just not punched up enough, and Cotton nothing if not a big personality.

>>149129703
there was the piece of shit repairman who accused Hank of racism immediately, Buddah-sac and the fat chef from sugar foots. Black people are a novelty in Arlen and most Arlenian's just dont have enough exposure to have any strong feelings. Despite the repairman, black people assimilate finely in Arlen and aren't as annoying or flamboyant like the mexicans or loatian communities.

>>149129830
Belchers Grove, or something like that was the shitty parlen of Arlen. Same place when Khan became white trash and hanged around Lucky's stumpin' buddies. Eating squirrels.

>>149131034
Maybe? If he served with black soldiers, hell no. Otherwise, probably.

>>149131034
Almost definitely not. He never fought a war against black people.

>>149127907 (OP)
Why Peggy? Everybody hates her. No wait, that's perfect.

Why do you guys want these characters to be racist so badly?

>>149131034
I don't see him hating blacks any more than he hates everyone else.

>>149131311
The repairman episode is amazing for how it breaks down how racism actually works and how people react to it.

>>149129703
King of the hill was a right-leaning show but it wasn't far-right leaning. It's incredibly moderate compared to the political landscape now but that's just current America in general.

Wonder if the reboot is going to address this...probably not.

>>149131989
Why not?

>>149131827
>If he served with black soldiers, hell no
Nah, he still would. It would more or less be a joke. Like he would get the pass.

>>149128620
He knew all along

>>149128728
An actual well written response? On /co/?! Fuck out of here glowie

>>149128728
chat gpt ass post

>>149132705
Service with black soldiers is why Eisenhower was a major supported of equal racial rights

>>149127907 (OP)
If I were Peggy, I wouldn't.

It's not like Peggy is a close friend to Dale. She doesn't want to mess up Dale's relationship with Hank. Telling Dale that Joseph isn't his son basically destroys the Gribble family. Peggy has a pretty good relationship with Nancy and doesn't want to betray her as a friend either.

And pic related. A cuckoo bird.

>>149127907 (OP)
Tell him what truth?