To think that it's time Classism became as much of a No-no as Racism, Sexism or Homophobia?

[Just5minswithDacre]

Starting with MN talk guidelines?

[Just5minswithDacre]

Nobody?

[ThisCakeFilledIsle]

Yes but it isn't "seen" is it. It's not an area mnhq are invested in!

[BeyondTellingEveryoneRealFacts]

I doubt now is the time that its gonna happen

[Just5minswithDacre]

No, maybe not the week to raise it, but it's getting so blatant!

[Pseudonym99]

Go away, peasant!

[AppleSetsSail]

Example?

[YourPerception]

Babyboomers and the working class are the new immigrants.

[Just5minswithDacre]

'White trash' was deleted with impressive speed yesterday.

[ilovesooty]

The first is not a protected characteristic. The other three are.

[AppleSetsSail]

White trash is odious. It really says more about the person saying it than anything else.

[Just5minswithDacre]

(Although, TBF, I'm told the poster was contrite)

[Just5minswithDacre]

The first is not a protected characteristic. The other three are.

I know. Hence 'Starting with' MN.

[Just5minswithDacre]

I don't know whether to link to couple of other current threads. Probably not fair. But it's only making me ponder recent trends more generally. It's not just about this week.

[BurnTheBlackSuit]

I think the ageism is worse.

[Birdsgottafly]

I find it patronising that the protection is needed, tbh.

I'm in a low and benefit level area. I've worked on min wage, until I did a BA.

I never knew that the patronising attitude towards people who are happy in a Min Wage job, existed, that is displayed on here.

I wish that I would have known that only earning that level, meant that I didn't have to give a shit about how it was done and that I was a person to be pitied (which would have meant that I got away with murder).

The Working Class, are educated these days and we aren't a minority, so no special protection needed.

It's nice to know who the bigots are. If only they realised the extent of their stupidity, they'd never make it public.

[Just5minswithDacre]

There's a riff on a current thread about 'jobless, toothless, curd chewing Jeremy Vile types'

[Just5minswithDacre]

Yes the ageism is appalling but MNHQ have taken a stand on that.

[truevoice]

Jee-zus. We don't need any more "isms". The ones you descirbe have caused damage enough. How about being kind, loving and human, as far as we can be?

[Just5minswithDacre]

And maybe I'm fortunate but I don't hear the ageism IRL. I do hear the poor-bashing IRL.

Terrible that either have become even slightly acceptable anywhere.

[Just5minswithDacre]

How about being kind, loving and human, as far as we can be?

That would be ideal.

People don't seem to manage it though, do they?

[mrsglowglow]

The ageism posts have been staggering. Truely hope it's a tiny tiny number of people with that mentality.

[Just5minswithDacre]

Chav is a bloody awful word. It's hate speech.

[ThisCakeFilledIsle]

The ageism is bad.
The cloth ear on class can be funny, but is sometimes both offensive and sad.


I was once deleted for saying someone sounded like my teenager.. ooh what a nasty personal attack..(like being savaged by a dead sheep!)

So The whole deletion policy has me shaking my head anyway. Anyway It's just MN!