"Many of the FR cop-haters have left over the last year..."
Regrettably, there are haters of all stripes remaining. In addition to some truly nice people, it seems to me that there is always an undercurrent of hatred at work here.
I'm not sure if it is hatred or a real good case of knuckledragitis. Some people have a core set of beliefs and it is just real hard for them to let go of them when exposed to new ideas. They respond with anger out of a sense of insecurity. The new idea threatens them. parsy.