Yes, they are, and in the case of the nightcrawlers we've seen on this thread, those sins are amplified many times by the anonimity of the Internet.
But don't distress yourself my dear Tex, that rabble is only a tiny percentage of the posters here. When the Queen Mother passes away, which tonight sadly looks to be imminent, there'll be many retrospectives of her life on TV. Perhaps afterwards those of the Royal Family's critics with any self honesty will grudgingly acknowledge that by and large their lives have been of great service to Britain; particularly during storms like WWII.