yes, they are all business witches, they aspire to be 'influencers' as they call them now. they have a stake in painting the 'oldguard' as bogey men. they'll throw out the baby with the bathwater before the baby can talk, lol. one can't turn the people on to something new if one doesn't point out the 'apparent' failures of the old even if those are few.
it's the same old story tho, I'm reminded of an article by Mike Nichols back in the late 80's. I dug it up
http://www.witchessabbats.com/site/index.php/other-articles/old-guard-paganism