Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
The unfortunate thing is that detractors simply say "look at what they're saying at thisforum.com" and then use the nutjob as the example, lumping everyone into that one basket. There's no solution to that.
No doubt that some people hear only what they want to hear, so there will always be a large contingent of Lucas Gushers who see us as mean, wrong, threatening, etc.
Because they continue to get what they want (regularly updated Original Visions), they're operating from a position of power. They have no reason to question Lucas, educate themselves on the actual history of the franchise, or look at the published evidence that he's a liar. It would also fly in the face of what they want to believe.
We can't stop that behavior, nor can we change their opinion. However, we can change ours (not that it needs much changing). We could tone down the Lucas hate a touch and prove them wrong to the new members or visitors.
We're not as bad as they see us - not even close - but all it takes are a few buffoons and it will appear to a casual visitor as though they were right about us. We most likely won't get this time in the spotlight again.