I turned to another thread and read this:

My tolerance for knee-jerk hysterics "rape, murder, fire!" at the slightest expression of a personal opinion that isn't total fawning sycophancy on this board, is becoming exceedingly low.

The poster, a woman of my distant acquaintance, was instantly reviled by another anonymous "guest" who assumed she was a man, for failing to tolerate his outrageous (and OT ) "opinion". Mudcat was, I believe, once supposed to be a forum for informed discussion about traditional, roots and related music and its place in society. No wonder it is increasingly regarded as a branch of Care in The Community where nutters howl at the moon.