I don't know if I can show you a rule, chowderhead, but I can give you the definition of the word "moderate" and essentially, it means to avoid extremes.
If the moderators themselves are engaging in extremes, the tone of the board begins to take on the same tone.
You had a moderator here last night saying that the shareholders had been "duped". And there are some people that believe that to be true. But as I keep saying, if one can't prove something -good or bad - opinion shouldn't be passed off as fact. When a so-called "moderator" does it, that is to say, loses that kind of objectivity, I think it sets a bad example.
FWIW, I never said "positive" or "long" - just objective. Furthermore, telling people to "get a grip, or take a walk" isn't exactly behavior befitting a moderator either, in my opinion.