to think I should not be threatened with a ban for questioning the use of offensive language?

[thefirstMrsDeVere]

I am a member of a very heavily moderated website. Swearing is not allowed at all, threads are pulled regularly if people are mean to each other, not threads about threads are tolerated and you are not allowed to mention anything said before on the boards at all. All these things will result in deletion and warnings.

I have been a member for years (before mumsnet even). There was a particularly nasty thread that was allowed to go on for pages which ended with a woman referring to children with LDs as 'being tapped in the head'..

I started a seperate thread wanting to discuss the use of disabilist language on the site and asking why words like bitch, whore and piss were not allowed yet retard, mong and spaz were.

I was told that some people might think it was ok to use those words so they couldnt filter them out, it wouldnt be fair.

I continuned to question this in a firm but polite manner and have now discovered I have been sent a message telling me that my style of posting is offensive and I have been taken straight to a final warning!

Not that I give a toss, the site is crap. I guess I am taken aback that you can be pretty much threatened into silence if you dare question the mods on this HUGE and well known site.

Its an issue that means a lot to me. If it was a site on which everything went language wise I wouldnt have bothered. But on this prissy site where you cant say bugger - you can call something retarded or monged out with no bother.

I think its bollocks and makes me glad I have mumsnet to come and tell people to fuck off on.

I'm (58). It seems daft to me, because it's bound to cause confusion. I
you just have to get used to looking very carefully at posters' names so you can try to remember whether it's nice Jo or bigot Jo posting.

I do feel for the microbiologists, unable to freely express them selves. How many specimens will suffer due to words being censored.

Bloody criminal I tell Ya!

No Mrs D it's that special brand of macro biologists bet that's not a typo

Your link won't let me view it, insanity. What section is it in?

There's no way there are 277 other mes.

yep still there.

My sister is a macro biologist who often talks about things that the growth of her specimins. see

ask the moderators Ellen, link's working for me

probably true there are only 4 of me - actually I'm surprised there's that many considering I use my NN as a first name on everything.

www.netmums.com/coffeehouse/coffeehouse-help-desk-1/ask-moderators-4/623447-why-free-speech-thread-deleted-2.html trying again

Rachel has gone very quiet............ yippee

Yes her lights gone out. Must be very tiring for her trying to think and type

In the true spirit of Netmums I called her Hun, feel like I need to bleach my mouth out now.

OK, I've bitten the bullet and registered. I have no number!

Welcome aboard hun

LOL

That word makes my teeth itch. I wonder if Rach would object if I got it added to the censored list.

Well you could argue it's a racist term for people of germanic origins but just think how many stars there'd be then

Actually, I moderate a footballing forum (don't ask) and hun is a banned word on there due to the sectarianism that is rife in Scottish football. It gets *'d.

I have a thread atm with sausage rolls, fruit shoots and nice ham in it.

Go find it - and I'm being far to serious on it and need help to stir it up.

Link?

Oh our very own fanj o is browsing the thread as we speak.

Give us a link youarekidding, not only are my teeth itching but my eyes are stinging too, that site is terrible to navigate.

My number's 214. Common as shite