Mumsnet's moderation policy is actually very good
I do worry that Mumsnet is becoming too timid. ‘Peak-trans’ banned? How, then, is one to describe the singular experience of realising gender identity ideology is a load of bollocks? But never mind that for the moment. They are still much much better than most, and someone sent me the following through RIPNutmeg.
“I was reading Mumsnet policy on the trans issue and I thought it very nuanced and balanced and encompasses free speech on the two sides and allows for difference of opinion with certain lines drawn in terms of what's abusive. I think it may be a good template for Graham and Helen to refer to when sending further written evidence in to the committee. It shows how a platform can draw up very transparent, nuanced policies that include room for free speech, a three-strikes system and the ability to appeal.
Thanks, and I will send this link to the committee as an example of good practice.
Sorry, to me, it's unreasonable for Mumsnet to ban the term "trans-identified male" person and "trans-identified female" person.
IMO, these are accurate terms with no pejorative trappings. But Mumsnet has banned them because some of the people those terms accurately describe have difficulty dealing with their own sex and wish they could keep their sex a secret. And because many gender ideologues today claim that sex doesn't exist - or if sex does exist, in humans it really doesn't matter, and only "genital fetishists" and "transphobes" would say otherwise.
Mumsnet's policy makes women call some male people girls/women and some female people boys/men. This makes it difficult, indeed impossible, to say what is going on. If we can't name or speak of some people's sex, how can we speak out about their sexism and misogyny?
It does seem like they are trying hard not to cave. I applaud them for the effort. But I will never use the phrase trans-woman.