The show: Look at this man whose ignorance due to the prevalent views of the time he lived in led to him irreparably damaging his family for generations and he never even realized it.
It’s not even that subtle. They literally show how damaged Bojack is as a result of his mother and how damaged she is because of her father, but there are fans who can’t connect those dots and see that Joseph Sugarman was also the product of his times and probably his parents too.
He seems all animaly to me–either horse or man