I think Winjoy does not realise how difficult it is for someone new to the 'mystery' to remember all the facts that have been supplied and not question various parts of the story.
Winjoy has been working on the research since 2002 (or before) and so has the knowledge at the tips of her fingers, we do not.
More than a decade of information is going to need more than a quick week of rootschat suggestions and discussions
If Winjoy read other postings on rootschat then perhaps she would have noticed that that is what happens, and in any research we go over and over old ground to make sure that we have not missed anything. (I am talking here about scientific research as much as genealogical).
Winjoy thinks that not a word that she has said has been believed. No. Every word that she has said might need to be questionned, but that is not because it is not believed, but in an attempt to get to the truth.
I see no sign of you being " patronised, shouted at and looked down on," or anything turning "sinister and dark".
I understand that on the internet capitalised letters mean shouting! Look back and you will see what I mean.
As that was my quote that I did not believe Winjoy had been patronised, I have looked back. I stand by my assertion.
It is sad that the rootschat researchers have been so misunderstood when they are just trying to get to the truth.