It's funny, while I was grumbling about that at the time... if that's the public's perception of the character, that's actually a step up from him just being a scarred coin-flipping mobster with a "number two" gimmick.
I've heard some people come out of THE DARK KNIGHT saying how they really felt for Harvey, that they couldn't even consider him a villain. While I have my own issues with how that played out, it could be the first step toward antiheroism for the character in comics, so here's hoping.