ober,
"paraphernalia?!" nope, sound effects man stole all my stuff, man.
I suspect you mean
http://www.trteam.com ?
Rob does a very good job with the site & I'll foward this thread to him re putting bucks where it does some good, rather than to the antis.
As to some comments in the forum - I've had some discussions with a couple from TFL about the "racist remarks" made by a couple that had turned them off to TRT.
The board was (stress that last) totally unregistered. We (I am moderator there) had a few (as has been in TFL) trolls & (quite frankly) those not quite adept in their choice or use of the English language and, a few outright jack-a$$e$ who posted.
Although the initial attempt to have an unregistered board (due to the nature of our controversial nature) for the free exchange of all ideas was sound, some participants' abuse of that priv (as with so much else in our society these days) queered the deal for all others.
It's now a registered board to post - just like here. Now, if some burnt-out starts calling for bombing fed buildings or making racist comments, they get a warning, the post deleted & they get booted.
I won't say we cleaned up our act. The act was sound, but when you call for audience participation, sometimes you get an unruley drunk on-stage & have to call for the hook.