Do people even know the difference between Idolising a criminal and being interested in true crime?

The true crime "community" on this site, aka a bunch of teens roleplaying as racists and murderers for fun, is genuinely disgusting. They post photos of horrible people and fascist imagery to the point of obsession- how tf is this ok?

I understand being interested in crime and real-life tragedy for reasons like recording history or researching crime stats, but idolizing murderers, r4p1sts and mass sh00ters is awful. It's disrespectful to the victims and their families and normalises the destruction of humanity.

I am aware that some of these profiles are troll accounts, but I worry that some are genuinely misguided people focusing on the wrong part of true crime.

True Crime is not meant to be idolised. True Crime is something we learn from so we can understand what causes horrible events like these and how we can prevent them happening as a species.

These people you're idolizing arent some "quirky fictional character"- they're real people who did horrible things and caused death, disability, and trauma for many people. They should not be looked up to- no matter the reason they did it, they are gross, disgusting individuals.

I hope you're ashamed of yourselves and if you're not, I hope you feel it soon.