This is the type of behavior that discourages responsible education on the topic and encourages people to go out and try this stuff before gathering the facts.
Heck with this type of behavior I would almost encourage those interested to find other sites, create a user profile there that can not be readily tracked back to their profile on other Herp sites, and have fun. No sense in them being honest and up front when one of the moderators on the site is actually encouraging the behavior of black listing for talking about it.