Just like trying to set your local public library on fire. There are always crazies in the world.
This is dismaying but not shocking.. the first time I saw a newly planted tree on an otherwise bleak urban block, vandalized and broken, I realized that a drive towards "better" is not to be taken for granted, and needs protection.
I suspect that the sharing of knowledge and encouragement of developing wisdom is, to some, a threatening prospect. Perhaps they have experienced learning difficulties and are struggling with shame and frustration, or perhaps they disagree strongly with the concept of an intellectually liberated population. Libraries are, after all, a pillar of liberalism.
Thoughtful comment. I would agree with you if the attack is somehow organized at 4chan /b/, Kiwi Farms, or some underground IRC for mysterious or unexplained reasons. If it happens, its philosophical implications would be deep. And I won't surprise if it occurs one day.
But so far there's no evidence to suggest the attack has any ideological motivation beyond making the attacker famous.
No, more like superglueing the doors shut for a few hours.
Don't really see the damage, especially since they moved onto Twitch and WOW servers, I'd say more work and a few early nights sleep has got done in the end.