Probably not, but fundamentalists tend to assume the worst about us anyway. I don’t know that TST contributes materially to the problem.
Also, coming from fundamentalism (and being of midwestern stock, which also didn’t help), I had this tendency to fret about what people would think or pearl-clutch about and have had to train myself to not give a hoot about such matters. People think whatever they want or need to think, pretty much regardless of facts.