It seems the rather hypersensitive, antagonistic "staff"
at raspberry pi forums, are, in fact, a set of hired 12 year olds, as they seem unable to face ANY civil discourse or mature discussion, and have VERY thin skin!
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Uh, to me it looks like some different interpretation of what a civil discourse or mature discussion might be. There clearly are different understandings of what is acceptable and that might even change over time. Look e.g. at the Linux kernel community. Throughout the 90s that was a comparatively rough place (looking backwards, almost comically so). Then, with growing popularity of Linux, also in professional settings, some complained of unacceptable behavior, not the least of Mr. Torvalds himself. At first those complainers where laughed out the house, but over the years, majority sentiment changed, until a couple years ago, Linus demonstratively changed himself (either due to community pressure or by, well, maturing). Perhaps you'll have more reach by focusing on the technical issues with the devices, rather than the personalities of the members of the organization?
The RPi devices sure have flaws, I'd think the recent ones less than the early ones, which perhaps limit their usefulness, but evidently don't make them useless. I compare them to the home computers of the early/mid eighties, which had their warts as well, which didn't stop them to become hugely popular and for many a kid was the entrance into a lifelong passion or career.