To be fair, the Parental Rights Movement people do deserve to be cudgeled. Anyone who uses, "Think of the children..." as a scapegoat for racism and...
I think you two are talking past each other here; you're arguing against the Parents Rights Movement which is indeed terrible and he's talking about...
I'm not terribly interested in what sells better, just what is the better story and both the plot and character progression are much better in Batman...