It is ignorance and the arrogance which is the cankered fruit of such ignorance. It is pride and the prejudice that always accompanies such pride. Let’s take the litany of postmodern sins ...
America is a constitutional republic, not a democracy, for a very good reason: to prevent the potential tyranny of the majority. In other words, mob rule. Which is what a pure democracy is.
Obviously, nobody deserves to be hurt. My satirical comment is simply meant to illustrate that as a collective society, our own ignorance and arrogance can work against us in tragic ways.