I don't think the kooks are a majority, they're just very vocal. The trolls are as big of a problem as the kooks are. Normal people are definitely interested in Bitcoin, we just have to shut the kooks and trolls up so that the normal folks will tend to stick around.
Once Sirius stops dragging his feet, this forum is supposed to be removed from the bitcoin.org domain, moved it to bitcointalk.org, and the "forum" link will presumably be removed. He has the new domain now, he just hasn't actually done the move yet.
There's also an effort to get a
Bitcoin Q&A site on Stack Exchange. This will help a lot, as we'll finally have a user support site with decent moderation. You guys should join and help get it off the ground.
I am really surprised that the Stack Exchange site still has yet to find enough people, are the programmers here on the forums spreading that link to the appropriate places? /r/Bitcoin/ just had someone today message me that he was trying to join the forums to check on two projects (one has to do with Fantasy Football, just makes sense), I have yet to see the mention of the Stack Exchange other than your signature and you posting about it. That format seems really good, people who are already committed should promo it a bit more.
Also, everyone should pray that the official Bitcoin.org forums never go away. Dear lord if there wasn't an "Official" place that both kooks (political and otherwise) and programmers can meet to discuss the random daily Bitcoin bullshit, I fear for places like Stack Exchange. Or basically whoever would be next under the .org for a search on the word "Bitcoin"