Dear Justine, thanks for responding personally. I've noted your reasons for banning LangCleg and I completely agree that you should not tolerate rudeness towards your team.
I'm wondering, though, was LangCleg actually being rude, or are you mistaking disagreement for aggression? (I know it's irritating when someone keeps disagreeing with you. And of course you can point out that you set Mumsnet up, and if anyone doesn't like the rules they don't have to use Mumsnet.)
But this is a special case. Child safeguarding and women's rights are under an extraordinary attack at present. The extraordinary aspect is not only the relentlessness of the attack, but the immediate surrender of the entire establishment! Mumsnet is one of the few large forums where women can openly discuss their concerns and reactions to what's being done at such bewildering speed.
We need people like LangCleg and all those posters sharing their knowledge, expertise, analysis and other skills.
It's not a trivial matter, or a question of differing views.
Children are being encouraged into crushing their breasts, taking drugs that haven't been tested for this use, eventually having unnecessary surgery.
Girls whose social-media role models are porn stars are dreading their future as women, and see 'changing gender' as an escape route.
Gay and autistic children are misled into thinking they're in 'the wrong body'.
Justine, if women such as LangCleg are refusing to stop disagreeing with you, will you not consider that they may be right? that you should allow this information and debate to be posted even if it angers TRAs and their supporters?
I know Mumsnet too is under attack, as the TRAs can frighten off advertisers. But with children at so much risk, can you bear to end up feeling you should have done more and allowed others to do more to protect them?