These people come from a desire to

1) Feed a self-righteous ego

and/or

2) Make the world a better place, just they have no idea how to actually accomplish such a difficult thing.

Its the left wing equivalent of right wingers who genuinely think that God hates gays, and is punishing us collectively for tolerating homosexuality.

Somewhere, deep down, the intent is good. Its just obscured by irrational beliefs , twisted by personal emotion, and amplified by unjustifiable confidence in their own correctness and righteousness.


For who could be free when every other man's humour might domineer over him? - John Locke (2nd Treatise, sect 57)