More to the point of the OP - I know for a fact, many left because of the venom and the vitriol against them.
Some found they couldn't "share a 'fire" even with those with whom they disagreed on the innanet. There was a time when that claim was valid, but that time seems to be past.


I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~