@LilyMumsnet
This issue is one of most emotive issues I've ever known. It polarises opinion, and it breeds frustration like no other.
The control that HQ have to wield is frustrating for everybody. That doesn't mean people don't understand why you do it, it does mean that people react to it.
The mods were the target of Posie's frustration at being silenced. It's not personal. None of this is personal.
It's all too easy to ignore the fact that there is a real person behind the screen.
But that goes both ways.
If your issue is truly that Posie was being unkind and unfair to mods, not that you are being put under pressure, then you could just make it a last chance motel.
Everyone understands that.
There's not a woman here who hasn't had to sit on their hands, and weigh up being able to say what they want, against being banned.
It's an incredibly shocking choice to have to make.
You can silence women. That's a huge responsibility.
Jennifer James and Venice Allan were interviewed by the Labour Party to see whether the Labour Party could squeeze the smallest, most nominal bit of offence in what they said, in order to shut them up.
Venice Allan and Linda Bellos were interviewed by the police. To shut them up.
They are both now being pursued privately, to shut them up.
Posie, interviewed by the police, to shut her up.
Ann Sinnott, Anne Ruzylo, Rosa Friedman, Kathleen Stock, Megan Murphy, Jean Hackett. The list is endless.
These women do not post anything other than the truth. It's not criminal, it's not unprincipled, it's not offensive to normal men and women.
You have the power to silence women.
Please reconsider.