I can see why PTOI investors would stick with PTOI rather than going to much better performing market averages. There's a study which show people become more risk-seeking when they take losses because they want to be made whole again.

However longs relentlessly attacking "bashers" while constantly lauding PTOI's insiders even as those insiders rain misinformation and half-truths onto investors is a whole new level of craz...er...a level of psychology with which I'm not familiar. I suspect it's something such as longs not wanting to accuse insiders of anything bad because they feel insiders might then make it even worse for investors...or maybe longs feel that kissing up to insiders and showing their commitment by fighting bashers will make insiders take pity on the longs and decide to do a good job or something.