If they’re trying to protect children, these actions don’t make sense. So it’s possible these people are idiots. But I have trouble believing they’re simply idiots, because idiots don’t have a focused drive to act. They wouldn’t bother to do this.

So if they’re not idiots, then our first assumption is wrong. It’s not about protecting children.

It’s about hurting specific people. If you consider they’re just trying to hurt specific groups of people they don’t like, then all their actions become logical, and the focused drive to act is explained.