Of course, let's not forget the leaders of the pack, former Sen. Joseph McCarthy and disgraced former President Richard Nixon. I have never known a single Democrat who resorted to violence, such as those Republican extremists who kill abortion providers, to solve a problem or advance a cause. We don't burn minority churches, crosses on minority folks' front lawns or rail against and marginalize gays and lesbians. Republicans who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Literature is art.
Art is a reflection of life and human nature.
As much as we want it to be, art is not always pretty. Sometimes what is reflected is scary, but it is who we are. Steinbeck wrote a play that was an accurate reflection of life in the 1930s. The issues of the play should not be the language or the racial slurs. When we as a society lose the ability to appreciate literature beyond face value, we lose the most important window into our own lives.