Yug

As The Hollyberry Lady pointed out, in some forums the supposed 'moderator' does not moderate, but actually facilitates some of the bullies. That is a d@mn shame. In such cases there is nothing you can do other than bringing the problem to the attention of the site owner, and if they don't address it, there is little recourse besides tolerating it or leaving. If you consider leaving, though, you might wish to go out with a total FLAME-OUT posting to tell the 'smug self-righteous self-appointed gate-keepers' what you think of them as they are aided/abetted by the 'un-moderators'. I mean, if you are going to leave, what do you have to lose? You may then come back as a newby with a different handle, and express agreement with or sympathy for the opinion of your FLAME-OUT persona. That may get you banned, or it may get others on the site to re-think the positions of the bullies, and may get some heat focused on them since they are driving out some of the 'new-blood' with new opinions necessary to prevent a site from stagnating. Of course, if the person at the top is intelligent, they will also see this as a bad thing and step in to correct it, or if they don't give a rip, you may not want to be on the site anyway since it is obviously not being managed properly.