Waddya reckon?
If even half the stuff you read here was true, and people have made some fairly specific and alarming allegations, then repeated them when rebuked by the mods, you could, I think, safely assume that there might be some substance to the claims.
That might be why they attract so much flack. My take, from what I have seen on this and other threads about this operator is that all may not be well in the camp.
Just a suspicion, based on a rumour....