They should be afraid and so should we. If FR gets labeled as a hate group and it sticks, it will be closed down. Lawsuits will follow.
Besides, there are sites I visit that allow any sort of race or religion comment that I can ignore, but I would never send anyone else there as the comments, especially the anti-Jewish ones, are horrid regurgitations of all the old *own the world* libels, courtesy of the Paultard brigade plus a few StormFronters.
I understand what you’re saying and don’t disagree. However, I don’t think there’s cause to be quite so skittish about people merely applying demographics to elections, etc. We can’t let the Left control the determination of what is racist and what isn’t.