Great review and sounds like a very interesting premise. Thanks for sharing!

Wow. I am forever galled by people's inconsideration on the internet. To own up to hurt or frustration created by slanderous and abusive comments is also to be bullied further. I think Lillie's analogy about home, or the respondent's one about the private lake, is very accurate. In this day and age, however, it's harder and harder to note the boundary and necessary respect that should be given. I'm reminded of the beautiful scene in "Atlas Shrugged" where Hank Rearden finally stands up to his brother, his saboteur, and gives an ultimatum for continued residence in his own home. His brother says "I can say what ever I want" and Rearden says: "Not in my house." [totally paraphrased and butchered, but the sentiment is there.] And so it should be. House rules and all that. Personal responsibility and culpability for actions are only things viewed as unnecessary by tyrants. Glad Lillie "showed them the door".
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I honestly have no idea what the appeal would be accepting that so many people feel similarly moved. There is a popularity that comes from being verbally violent and degrading while parading around righteously. Generally, I think of such behavior as a symptom of a flawed ego. When there is no security of self then it is a comfort to degrade others - takes the pressure off and enables a false sense of superiority. Critique, logic and reason are all things that should be employed but when they are employed - again - this becomes a target of ire more often than not. That's perceived of as an attack by those same insecure folks. Just my thoughts anyway and I'm sorry if they weren't particularly helpful...