Anybody else feel this walked on eggshells around certain topics?

Quite true. I think that worked against the film as it tried to portray him too coyley with rose tinted hues. He was power mad, and most likely a racist. Unfortunately they decided to ignore his more negative aspects. Understandable to a degree, but you cant make a hero out of a villian. But you can make him more sympathatic and paint a fuller picture of the man behind the myth and legend.
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In a fair universe, we would all be better people.

In my opinion, that's where the movie fall flat. J. Edgar was an controversial figure and instead of addressing the controversy he would find himself in Clint decided to focus more on him allegedly being gay.

LOL but they focused on his gayness though, political correctness at its finest.

I would have liked to see why Hoover denied the existence of La Costra Nostra until Joe Valachi's testimony made that impossible.