So Peter, if you are so concerned by personal insults, why didn't you put a stop to or moderate the racist accusations and uninformed rantings before. It was clear that there were huge assumptions being made.
Should I have to put up with such accusations and nonsense?
What would your reaction be if you flew a flag (I am sure you have at some time) and someone called you a racist.
Unfortunately the sorry tale of people making uninformed comment and huge leaps of logic is just the sort of thing that causes so much trouble in EC's.