Ms McMenamin accused filtering opponents of spreading "hysteria" – a reaction that drew a hostile response from the room.
"Yes, there's been an awful lot of vitriol, there's been an awful lot of misinformation, and certainly I think there's been an awful lot of hysteria, and most of that hysteria is not coming from the child protection advocates, but it's coming from all these anonymous bloggers and people that write to you and just call you every name under the sun, and it's not helpful," she said.
What sort of response did she expect? Standing up at a conference and accusing the majority of people in the room of hysteria and peddling misinformation is not the best way to start a civil dialogue.
Speaking of hysteria and misinformation, here is a sentence from one of McMenamins own press releases on ISP filtering:
It would be a way to prevent the rape and exploitation of the world's most vulnerable children and it would also reduce the numbers of Australians engaging in criminal activity".
She seems to be an expert in hysteria and misinformation.
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