No, I do not believe the general public would accept a super powered human. Surely there would be some that embrace a person with powers, but the public as a whole, it is highly unlikely. John Arcudi actually addressed this issue in " A God Somewhere". The thought of anyone having that amount of power would worry and scare most people; humans are hard wired to fear that which is different.
I'll go with this. There is already now a distrust of the law enforcement. Just think how people would react to those who take the law into their own hand and do it behid a mask. Of course we're talking about trust and distrust. Reading years of comics books the amount of property damage would be trillions of dollars due to all these battles. I would guarantee that insurance companies would be hard pressed to insure anything, especially in the big cities. Add to that the number of people who are killed by the super-villians or even the Joker. I lost count at the body count just in one year.
The side effect of this are all the legal issues and battles that would go on in the courts. To understand all this I usually go to The Law and Multiverse website (http://lawandthemultiverse.com/).
I hope you understand the distrust in law enforcement has been created by the individuals of law enforcement, not the inherent power in the positions. Let us look at the news headlines over the last several months, in how many places do we see episodes of police brutality, overreach of individual officers, profiling within law enforcement agencies and a chain of command that is allowing this activity to persist? What underlines much of this is the idea that with a badge a person is above the law. What is worse judges and politicians are acquitting those who have perpetrated such acts. So this has subsequently led to a distrust of law enforcement and public officials.
I do think it would be the vigilante spirit that would resonate with many people and give them a trust in a super hero, masked or not. I do think this sentiment would be more prevalent in the USA than other countries, we love outlaws and rebels in this country; think western gunslingers and even the founding fathers. However most of these same people who would support the actions of a super hero would not want them living in their neighborhood due to collateral damage and general fear of someone who is different.
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