LOS ANGELES—In a post to the app that garnered dozens of likes, local NextDoor user Janine Parry reportedly came right out and asked this week if it was okay to set a homeless man on fire. “Hey all, I’ve seen this guy around the neighborhood a few times, and I was wondering if anyone would mind if I doused him in…
The reason this happens is people hold on to whatever scrap of “status” they have, we all do.
Folks can’t do anything about the “system” but they can try to keep “scary” people off their block. It’s an expression of limited ability.
Schadenfreude is a hell of a drug.