Actually, the reason you quit being a Mod is because you were incompetent as a mod. The reason you were incompetent as a Mod is because you are no different than Ozi, Snaky and company. You resort to the same member insulting that they do, therefore, see no issue with them doing it (especially since they're part of your little Old Timers clique).
There is no one moderating and making an effort to tone down the personal attacks (squirrel is at least trying, but unfortunately the damage is done), then you are surprised when it escalates to the point that it has. I cannot think of any other forum that I am a member of that wouldn't have kicked someone like Ozi to the curb months ago. He's referred to as a forum "veteran", (even though he's only been a member since last summer) but he adds zero value to the forum. He either berates others in the RLC sub-forums or posts racist crap in the off-topic sub-forums. At least Snaky, as annoying as he is, does occasionally contribute to the RLC topics.
At this point the only way to get this place back to a friendly place where members can candidly discuss the good, bad and ugly of RLC without getting attacked by a limpdick internet tough-guy, is having the site Admin step-up and start lowering the tolerance level for personal attacks. It's in the Admin's best interest in order to retain new members and boost interest in membership. I, for one, considered being a paid member many times but refuse to do so until the moderation steps up to make this an enjoyable forum to visit.
My 2 cents...YMMV