I know! I feel the exact same way! But this is just based off of all the movies like "Anaconda", or where snakes are seen as murderous machines that all they want to do is kill and eat people...Which every knowledgable person knows is not true! My ball python (my Avatar) and I get a lot of criticism... Everyone makes little rritating comments about how he is going to get huge and eat me, and bite and kill me.
Most of the opinions are based off of over-inflated movies, and ignorant people who do not do their research, just believe what they see. They have never taken the time to see if snakes, arachnids, ad all of the other "bad reputation" animals are really what everyone makes them out to be... And both you and I know that it is no true. And plus, there are several religions where snakes are gods and goddesses... worshipped greatly, and extremely well respected.