You're asking me what
I want?
I'd want for the "smartalecks" to foster that type of attitude to EVERYONE, equally.. If they trully are just a little more harsh and abrasive than your run-of-the-mill CEG patron, I'd hope they'd do it to everyone, so there's no reason to think there is any bias. People holler about mods being "biased" all the time, but they were only doing what is is they had to do. Now, the "smartalecks" are being biased (towards a few members) but that's just "normal".. They someone deserved it.
Maybe my mom was wrong when she tought me that:
If someone wrongs you... disassociate yourself from them
If someone steals from you, remove your belongings from their opportunity
If someone lies to you, remove them from your list of credible resources.
I never heard her say "If someone lies... MAKE SURE the world knows, and pester them all day. make it your objective to point it out every chance you get".
Of course, she also always said "Blowing someone else's candle out doesn't make yours any brighter. It just makes it harder to see." and "Treat others as you would like to be treated" (okay.. tons of people say that, and got it from a more credible source, but still)
Besides.. what does it matter what I want...
I guess what I would want is for you to WANT to let it go. I can't make that happen, and I'd be a fool for thinking I could. I know my limitations

Anyone on CEG has the right to do whatever they wish. If thier motives aren't influenced in the least by the image they are projecting, then how I see the situation isn't relevant.
Ray