" nor do they over us."
They have no power over us, true, but they have other powers - to get threads closed when things are not going their way is a favourite
One individual regularly adopts the 'stonewalling" technique - make a statement; ignore all arguments; wait a bit; make the same statement; ignore all argument; claim nobody has challenged what he said; asks for it to be repeated; ignore repeats..... and so ad-infinitum
Jim