It’s confected outrage like this which has driven people in droves into the arms of Republicans. Creators are not obliged to answer every single social ill. Levy has created a town in which homophobia and racism are non existent. Ray and Ronnie are larger than life like all the characters. Your comment in your article that Rays accent is exaggerated is pretty darn racist. People love the show precisely because it’s a break from the ugliness of the real world. The show is satirical which is why it plays with stereotypes about small towns. It’s very tongue in check, which seems to have eluded you. You obviously fall into the category of people with no sense of humour.