Re:"... it's pretty obvious, rightly or wrongly, that a healthy (one could even say overwhelming) majority of shareholders think differently from many on this forum. "

Maybe you're right.

But remember that there's a big difference between the "majority of shareholders" and the "majority of shares". We could have a situation where the majority of shareholders don't like this BOD, but the majority of shares (and thus votes) are held by a few who like this BOD.