[Lulu_Jane]

*sigh*

Our dear Dissident brothers and sisters really are an angry little bunch of people.

I have never had a problem with this forum - until now.
But to be clear, the problem has nothing to do with the admins and moderators, rather, I am dissapointed that this topic (and the "open letter" topic that was locked yesterday [my time]) seems to be nothing more than muck-raking by certain people.
The tone of these two topics are so out of character with what I usually experience around here.
There is absolutely nothing to gain by being inflammatory and rude - on a forum or in real life.

On any forum that I have ever been a member of, I have found that the forum will thrive and flourish regardless of what the individual rules are so long as the users are respectful and decent in their dealings with one another - whether those users are general members or admins.

No-one else around here seemed to have the issues with the mods/admins that you are describing, and if they did/do then they were obviously dealing with it the right way - because there were no ugly topics opened, until your "Open Letter."

This all just stinks of people trying to make trouble, ugh.

We get it - you don't like the way things are being done, you're already Dissidents. But, just like The Fifth Horseman has already said - If you really don't like it that much, just leave.