Sadly when people spend too much time in a vacuum and aren't exposed to ideas outside of what they know, when they're suddenly exposed to those ideas it really offends them. To this day I'm STILL the second highest poster on that forum, lol. They also refused to bring on a moderator because the most qualified person on the forum was...oh, that's right, it was me! I left and guess what?! Suddenly they have a moderator, lol. Bigotry. Gotta' love it. Ah well, it is what it is. No point lamenting it or worrying about it.
I feel their pain. I'm sorry that they had to deal with that.