I like him because he helped beat the real life KKK. Pretty impressive feat for a fictional character to take down real life villains. Also I like him because I think deep down he is a nice guy, and a humble guy, even though I think he is also a bit naive and should be written very differently by most of his writers to really follow through on my belief he is a nice guy. However I can't ignore the characters popularity and thus why writers have to water him down to appeal to as many people as they can.