Maybe they think we are so "influential", because we expose their hypocrisy.
Hmm. Something to think about. I just figured they were abusive because they were terribly insecure about what they believe. I honestly don't think they think about their hypocrisy being exposed in terms of conscience, but rather, strategy: They want what they want and that's it. Ideas not their own or different from their own are to be destroyed and crushed.