That's just your interpretation of events!  Ratel and I have been on the mission to clear off unofficial demonstrations signs since... yesterday.  True, he tried to take them off a liberal group's advertioral and I tried to take them off a conservative group's article.  But that just means that I'm reaching across the partisan divide and trying to work together.  But alas, Ratel's hand will only work on articles that agree with him (and will keep doing so until they agree completely).  I consider Ratel to be my closest Wikipedian bud, ever!