It's far worse then Stockholm Syndrome, as someone previously addressed. Stockholm syndrome is nothing more than the body's shock flooding the mind into a state of submission in very quick succession of one another, your position is one that has been nurtured over many years of systematic catering. GET OVER IT!
These people "Perdition Comics" Are downright weasels who I imagine aren't even welcome to set up a booth in their own city at a show, let alone run a reputable LCS. The problem is that LCS's are a dying breed once the introduction to social media and online shopping was born. I can only recollect one thing that comes to mind, that scene from GoT where Cersei Lanister was paraded around the city as the deplorable Tyrant that she was.