They are also dangerous, because the same shared reputation that allows a "good person" to hunt down a misbehaving "bad person" also allows the reverse, if the "bad people" are effectively outnumbered.
("All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing" - the effective number of "good people" is often zero)
("All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing" - the effective number of "good people" is often zero)