I do think rex is pathetic for the way he brings people's families into message board fights (and I let him know that when he did it to G-man) (even though G-man is a cunt) (he is, really) (literally), but, at the same time, I've always thought it's incredibly silly to get upset over stuff like that. (Mind you, what follows is a personal opinion. I know you guys like to oversimplify things by lumping us all together into one collective mind, but we do actually disagree on many things around here. It's part of the fun.).
Anyway, my take: In order to be able to insult someone you have to know them, and whomod is perfectly aware that rex knows nothing about his daughter. I'd get it if rex had somehow learned that she had a disability or something and made fun of that. THEN it would be personal. As it is, the insult is only effective because whomod allows it to be. rex wanted to get a reaction and you guys gave him exactly what he wanted, and more. On top of that, you've turned him into some kind of hero by giving us another raid to keep ourselves occupied, after a long, long outside hostility drought.
I'm pretty sure rex would have eventually given up on the joke had whomod ignored or made light of it. Instead, you've shown him how effective making fun of little girls is. You've given him and the rest of the guys who are into that kind of humour the motivation they needed to continue producing that stuff... as recent developments prove. Which -I'm sorry- is kinda funny.
Really, I get why you're doing this and I guess I kinda respect it, but your whole approach is wrong. You like to brag about being collectively smarter than the lot of us, but if you were you'd realize that this raid, at least in its current form, is pretty pointless. Unless you're planning to shift to a radically different strategy, you're never gonna get the results you want. As is usual in message board fights, both sides are gonna come out completely unchanged, each one claiming absolute victory. I know what I would do to get something out of rex, but I ain't gonna tell ya. ;-]
