PD, a good post! I can fully sympathise with your PoV. As a moderator on a relatively small car forum a few years ago I was subjected to a hate campaign on there, on FB and in person after I was wrongly accused of banning one individual for continually and defiantly breaking the forum rules. Although I deleted some offending posts I didn't ban him, I didn't actually have the authority to do so. The forum owner and administrator applied the ban after warning said individual, but the hate campaign against myself continued. The forum was eventually closed down by the owner because it became too troublesome for him to administer.