She also said, "The first thing that impresses me about the case is the ferocious rage of a whole society against one man. No matter what the man did, there is always something loathsome in the 'virtuous' indignation and mass-hatred of the 'majority.'... It is repulsive to see all these beings with worse sins and crimes in their own lives, virtuously condemning a criminal..."
It reminds me of the unreasoned attack seen today against Ayn Rand.
Right. How dare those "average" people condemn the man who rejected their morality and cut a twelve year old girl into pieces. They should have admired his heroic independent nature, like Ayn did.