Let's say that I have learned many things from your discussion. Many people have made many comments here, but from the comments, everyone's attitudes have come out. I think I have learned a good aspect of this.
Most people will do like this, if they see someone is doing good, they will include them on their list. But, if there's a high ranked user especially campaign manager doing something controversial or they think it's bad for the forum, they will choose to silent instead of distrust them.
The point you bring up is really important because there is nothing that can happen like this. When a campaign manager is managing a campaign, people in that campaign don't want to open up because if they open up then they might get kicked out of the campaign, but I don't know if that's happened. If this is the case then I think it will not be correct as there may be false growth which needs to be corrected. Whoever he is, he has to admit his mistake.