I don't play much over the board, but based on some of the stuff I've seen in the forum I'd be willing to believe that chess attracts some very overly sensitive people. Sorry you got booted.
Ain't chess a hoot?
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Well, from a psychological stand point (and don't be offended Chess brother's and sister's, I fall squarely into this myself at times) it seems that chess attracts very introspective people who spend more time in their own minds and sometimes lose the ability to see things from other stand points in life, in exchange for seeing things from their stand point on the board. We could name some of the greatest players the game has ever known and point to this "flaw" but in reality it isn't a flaw, just a way of thinking. Don't be offended at those who lose the ability to think on all things rationally and become offended overly easy, instead realize it is part of the human condition and remember Carl Jung, laughter is medicine and chess can make a thinking man's mind shake in laughter at the folly of a missed move on our opponents part or on our own part. If you take a fool to seriously you become one yourself, remember, eventually you will meet the person on the board, prove your worthiness there.
And for the record, chess is a hoot, but some of us who play it hoot FAR too much.
just my 2 cents (and dear God, I hope I don't get banned for saying such things, it would be like losing my hands....and do you know what I do with my hands!?
(calm dawn, I play chess with them) 
I was recently kicked out of a chess club here for daring to post a wisecrack about numerous other members being recently expelled (for inactivity or forfeiting team match games). My heinous remark compared the recent expulsions to one of Stalin's purges, but maybe the nimrod I offended (who expelled me) lost relatives in one of them, who knows? He/she must have taken my obviously offensive remark seriously, as they suggested I kiss their a** & go to H*ll when I asked them what happened to my membership - I only found out when the club no longer showed up under "My Groups."
Anyways I'm still playing on a few teams representing the club I was expelled from, so I'm just wondering if it's OK to play for a club once you've been kicked out of the club. I considered forfeiting the games out of spite, but aside from not wanting to lose rating pts I'm also not into forfeiting games for any reason, although I guess being exiled to a chess gulag might be an acceptable one. Or maybe I should notify the other team captains about this fascinating predicament in case they're as wacko as the person I offended in case they'd like to claim the games are forfeited to them?
Ain't chess a hoot?