And we also know he was racist, right? Him targeting Lucas and forbidding Max to hang out with him will not and cannot be erased or made to be less than what it was.

Racist, no matter the age or reason, get NO sympathy from me. Fck Billy Hargrove and may he suffer eternally in the fire while I rewatch his death scene for emotional comfort!!!

There’s a LOT of people in the comments defending Him so I’ll just leave with this

HIS DAD DID NOT HAVE ANY CONFLICTS WITH ANY PERSON OF COLOR THROUGH HIS DURATION OF THE SHOW. IT WAS NEVER SEEN OR HEARD

OUT OF ALL THE FRIENDS MAX SURROUNDED HERSELF WITH, IT WAS LUCAS THAT BILLY TARGETED TELLING MAX TO DISTANCE HERSELF FROM. THE ONLY BLACK KID IN THE GROUP BEFORE ANY ROMANCE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM BEGAN.

BACK IN SEASON TWO, LUCAS WAS THE ONLY KID THAT BILLY GOT PHYSICAL WITH OUT OF THE GROUP BECAUSE. OF. HIS. RACE.