Yep I’ve heard how Archie was supposed to be ridiculed by Meat head and other liberals on the show. Instead Archie became a big hero to viewers. And Meathead was disliked by many.
They did do a few episodes where Meathead was shown up to be a hypocrite on that show. One was where the place was being burglarized and the other was when they played this psychoanalysis board game.
Meathead the character and the real person is still disliked by many.