testing, you see, you're approaching this in a reflective manner.
What's going on with Nicky Clark is a woman who has been a fully paid up member, saying the mantras and joining in with the witch hunts of other women, has tried to employ calm reason, and the other members are exerting control on her.
She isn't yet a heretic - but she's looking at dangerous material, so they first use the poison the well strategy. It happened with Martina.
Now, either the subject pulls back into the fold and all is forgotten, or the subject continues to read, at which point she will probably continue raising things which worry her, which is when the heresy mechanisms will kick in properly.
At this stage, she will know enough to be seen as a bit of a problem for true believers, so even if she does fully recant, she will be, at best, a person they wheel out to say "looked at the feminist argument, wasn't convinced". The problem is, she didn't do it straight away, so not only will they know she isn't pliable enough, she will be dealing with heightened cognitive dissonance because she now knows that feminist arguments aren't 'hate'.
This is why so few members properly engage - because they know that once you move beyond a glib 'read the arguments, they are hate. TWAW!' you have destabilize yourself in the set up, and you either mark yourself as a bit dodgy to them, or you face the collective wrath and leave entirely.
So, basically, this is, as it ever was, about control.