I like the activity RHA has generated with their POB extortion racket. You're in their territory so you abide by their rules. You give them your money or they beat the crap out of your base with their fleets, because they have the power to actually do that.
There's 50-50 chance I'll log my Loki to fly with them or Bergelmir to hunt them. Both times I have fun.
RHA is doing it right, and the people who are offended by their up front criminalistic nature are the people who ended up getting hit with it in the first place. I don't now why it needs to be repeated, but they are not nice people. They're revolutionaries doing everything in their power to win and survive. Extortion and piracy are part of that, and if you don't abide by their set terms, they'll shoot you. If you're expecting a pat on the back, they'll shoot you in it instead. They aren't there for friendly conversation, they're there to take what you have so they can keep fighting Rheinland.