it's less of a Spanish thing and more of a cultural slang thing that is really not more of an issue than any other slang in any language can create, which is to say, rather minor.
as someone that's relatively neutral and uninformed on the subject, where would one go look for evidence to suggest that al bagheera are a bunch of panthers waiting to eat your face off?
Tim Henson is trash, imo, for the reasons you described. A product of the tik tok era where appearances and ego are the only factors considered, leaving any substance as the happenstance of an anomaly.
it's less of a Spanish thing and more of a cultural slang thing that is really not more of an issue than any other slang in any language can create, which is to say, rather minor.