I read the post as the author being in some amount of distress and wanting to change. These sort of comments read to me as deriding someone who is suffering in order to make the comment writer feel good.
"Haha, look at this bad person! He's hurting and he _wants to change!_ Let's mock him!"
"Haha, look at this bad person! He's hurting and he _wants to change!_ Let's mock him!"