We live in a culture that glorifies violence and deviant behavior. Now don't worry, this isn't going be some moral hang-wringing, but the fact is we have had shows like Hannibal and Dexter which makes the serial killer into a protagonist, and we root for murder machines like The Punisher and John Wick. Now all of these examples are fictional characters, but as we have seen with people believing Wakanda is a suitable replacement for black history, and the constant referencing of Harry Potter in nearly every political protest in the last 3 years (at the very least)... people have a hard time differentiating what is fictional and what isn't.