Yes, funnily enough I exited GMG for similar reasons - being jumped on for various reasons, eg. defending one of our finest aussie composers for being called "mediocre" or some such cr*p, also being dissed for daring to listen to andre rieu. seems you can't win. i don't know, maybe things have calmed down over there, maybe it's better "vibe" there for you? anyway, i agree, life is far too short to be spending time with people - either online or in "reality" - who have objectionable behaviours...