To the perfect, all things are rotten.
And were it only them, I wouldn't be concerned. But it's not. An outsider who's looking for dirt will be able to find FReepers shoveling what he's looking for, and it's not that hard to find.
FR was influential in the recent immigration debate. So of course FR's opponents are going to look at what FReepers are saying about illegal immigration ... and about illegal immigrants. Some of it isn't very pretty, and it's just what the other side is hoping to see.
Some folks don't want to hear that, and I'm through saying it. But it doesn't make it any less so.