By your logic, he should also be racist, misogynist, near-illiterate and let's not forget homophobic. That's certainly how the media portrays the subculture you're talking about. Two of those he's certainly not, on one there's no canon either way and the fourth can be argued.
Fact is in nearly 40 episodes he hasn't been seen to smoke, even in situations where it would be natural to light up. Fact is the single canon reference to Dean and smoking is when he says it would be "like" him; which may imply he's smoked at some point in his life. Sure. Most teenagers try it.
You describe a subculture - and I can't argue the description, not being American - but to suggest that Dean or John any other TV character must automatically fit those stereotypes is nonsense.
I'm not talking about literary realism. I'm talking about canon and characterisation. So maybe the show doesn't perfectly portray the culture.
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Fact is in nearly 40 episodes he hasn't been seen to smoke, even in situations where it would be natural to light up. Fact is the single canon reference to Dean and smoking is when he says it would be "like" him; which may imply he's smoked at some point in his life. Sure. Most teenagers try it.
You describe a subculture - and I can't argue the description, not being American - but to suggest that Dean or John any other TV character must automatically fit those stereotypes is nonsense.
I'm not talking about literary realism. I'm talking about canon and characterisation. So maybe the show doesn't perfectly portray the culture.