even the mods if yepowertrippingbastards are power tripping bastards

Guess what? This is just humans. This is your normal in-group/out-group dynamics. It's tribalism, it's always always tribalism.

It's not some shady group trying to undermine you, it's that humans by and large fucking suck at this stuff and recognizing when they're doing it. It's why I never felt much affinity for "groups" to begin with, because they always devolve to this.

And others are right, by bringing up the drag drama, you undermine your own point.