It's a common temptation.

Who wouldn't want to believe they are the last faithful remnant, a David fighting Goliath? It's a classic Hero Complex. Delusions of grandeur.

Those who are both sane AND humble will catch themselves, not give in to the temptation, rejecting such a thought as unreasonable and absurd.

Keep in mind -- we are ALREADY outnumbered, a remnant, etc. -- it's not like we're not already QUITE special, as part of the Traditional Movement. Isn't that exclusive enough? Aren't we outnumbered enough? Isn't the fight dire enough?

Not for some!

These proud/insane individuals say "Nope! Traveling 1 hour on Sunday to a Tridentine Mass chapel? That's Broad Path to Destruction stuff. That's the easy path! I alone know the hard path! Having a handful of friends at your Traditional chapel? That's being friends with the World! WE are TRULY isolated, we have ZERO friends or fellow parishioners within a 5 hour radius."

I just don't understand what happened to Father Hewko.  It seemed that when he was with the SSPX he was a good priest who inspired many people.

He was. He could be again with a proper superior, a good bishop. No criticism intended. Fr. Hewko has the personality and temperament that needs a guide and authority to encourage and bring out the best in him.
I think that’s the reason he stayed too long at OLMC because he had nowhere else to go. He was counting on Bp. Williamson to take the reins and hopefully recreate the SSPX as it existed when Archbishop LeFebvre was still alive. When that didn’t happen and nobody else stepped up for a wide variety of reasons, he felt abandoned, and he actually was, pretty much.
After his falling out with Bo. W., he took it personally as evidenced by his harsh and public criticism of him and the bishops he consecrated. Despite Bp. W.’s decease, he continues to lay into him in nearly every sermon. I can see why the six and other priests do not work with him. Who wants to be criticized and even insulted lest there be a falling out? 
Conversely, he almost never mentions Fr. Pfeiffer being made a bishop by a man of the Thuc line. He seems to still be in denial about many of the goings on at OLMC, including the escapades of P. the M. and has yet to at least acknowledge staying in such a chaotic place for so long. He complains the bishops don’t speak out, but never mentions Bp. Pfeiffer. He doesn’t speak out, either. And if Fr. H. believes the Thuc line or Bp. Pfeiffer’s consecration was not valid, why does he not speak out and warn souls? 
There was a time when Fr. Hewko was with the SSPX, I thought of him as another Dom Bosco, the way he worked with those difficult teenaged boys.
A friend who knew him very well said she’d never heard him say an unkind word or in anger about anyone, even those who were annoying or with whom he disagreed, even vehemently. He’d speak his mind, but not at every sermon to the point of spending more time and energy than explaining the Gospel and Epistle.
I guess I won’t mince words. Fr. Hewko needs to forgive Bp. Williamson, and the other bishops with whom he is not pleased. At the very least, he might refrain from going over it at every sermon. Instead, why not have everyone pray for them by name, if he’d like, at the beginning or end of his :cowboy:sermon. One prayer for the soul of Bp. W. and add in Bp. Tissier and a Hail Mary or other suitable prayer for the six still living. Come Holy Ghost comes to my mind for them. Of course, I’m just a lay woman, so if I deserve to be told to shut up, I accept that and won’t mention it again.
I do want the best for Fr. Hewko, and hope that Matthew will also let him off the hook for insulting CI. He needn’t like it, but let it go.

Everyone will do well to take custody of his/emotions before opening the mouth or hitting SEND. CI can be improved by everyone making that effort.

I liked this part:

“I’m just a lay woman, so if I deserve to be told to shut up, I accept that and won’t mention it again.”

🤫 Are you telling me to shut up?