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We've also got a strong "shoplifting is cool" sentiment and a long-standing "crime wave politics is media bullshit" standing view.
The fetishization of porch piracy cuts across both. It fuels the hysteria and paranoia of suburban life. It villainizes poor people, particularly people of color, who always feature prominently in these series - whether they're indian call center workers or black porch pirates. And the "pranks" grow increasingly vindictive over time - escalating from honking horns to glitter bombs to stink bombs and even on to pepper spray and fireworks in some more extreme examples. There's no sense of retributive justice or proportional response, its just an escalating game. And in an era of people just firing shotguns through their front doors at strangers, I shouldn't need to explain why this shit has a corrosive effect on public opinion.