My thoughts exactly - Peanuts has always been racist and full of repressed misandry. It NEVER was ever happy or positive.

https://deadspin.com/fuck-you-charlie-brown-5710158

Who thought this was a good idea to show to young children? Charlie Brown is depressed. Lucy is a bossy cunt. Linus is a head case. Peppermint Patty is like a cocktail party guest who corners you and talks to you until you want to slit your throat from ear to ear. Whenever Snoopy talks, he sounds like a cat being raped. No one smiles. Everyone's complaining or arguing. Horrible slow jazz plays in the background. There isn't a semblance of joy in any of these specials, and anyone who tells you they're classics has been fucking BRAINWASHED, just like I was.

 

I always thought all the Peanuts comics and cartoons were just full or male-hate. Every boy was screwed up, all the girls were either bullies or  repressing some deep-rooted hostility. Only Marcie ever seemed nice most of the time.

Not to mention that it was for a very long time it was quite racist - ever seen the Thanksgiving episode?