How does this gel with your thread on your moderation policy MNHQ??

[lougle]

Apologies in advance for a thread about two threads - I don't want to derail either thread but I'm genuinely curious as to how you've reconciled your stance on moderation with your response to squishysquirmy's poem about Donald Trump?

On your Moderation policy thread Justine says:

"This doesn't mean that it's a complete free for all. Of course we do and will continue to remove posts that break our rules – for instance personal attacks and those that break the law or promote hate."

Then on Squishysquirmy's Help-What-rhymes-with-cuntweasel? thread you've promoted the thread to classics because it contains a 77 line, very clever, very amusing, poem about Donald Trump, which is

-clearly a personal attack
-encouraging others to ridicule him

I'm absolutely no fan, I have to say, but what was the thinking here?? How does this get promoted to classics when other less offensive posts have been deleted recently?

I do think there needs to be some level of consistency if you want people to accept that you are making rational decisions about what you delete.

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

That is a very very good point lougle

I will be very interested in MNHQs response.

[tiredvommachine]

Good point.

[MsMarvel]

Marking place as interested in MNHQ reply...

[QueenMortificado]

Interested here too...

[Soubriquet]

I think it will be deleted now you've called out on it

Very inventive poem, but against the guidelines as you've said

[MrsRyanGosling15]

Fair point actually.

[IPityThePontipines]

Why don't you just ask Mumsnet to change their name to GenderCriticalNet - for the Gender critical,by the Gender critical and have done with it?

All this bellyaching just because you weren't allowed to freely insult Paris Lees.

You are aware that threads critical of Victoria Beckham, Lily Allen, Madeleine McCann's parents and David Cameron's parenting have also been previously deleted, aren't you?

I also remember posters getting a bollocking from MNHQ for filling a Gok Wan webchat with snide questions and MNHQ saying that such posting wouldn't be tolerated.

Although, as none of those examples involve trans woman, I suppose it doesn't count as an offence to your womanity for a website to delete those threads.

You are persistently trying to bully the owner of a website into making a grovelling mea culpa to you. I don't think it will happen.

[Manumission]

Pontypines why are you so very invested in the whole transgender thing?

[FannyWisdom]

This thread stinks of bonfire and piss.

More and more popular these days.

[IPityThePontipines]

Manumission - because I think it's grim nasty bigotry against a group of people dressed up as feminism.

Your use of "the transgender thing" is telling.

[Manumission]

Your use of "the transgender thing" is telling.

In what way? What do you want me to call it?

[IPityThePontipines]

Manumission - because I think it's grim nasty bigotry against a group of people dressed up as feminism.

Your use of "the transgender thing" is telling.

[IPityThePontipines]

Transgender people would help.

[Manumission]

I didn't mean transgender people,I meant the whole political (small p) issue surrounding transgenderism.

[HoneyDragon]

I think the poem would fall under satire wouldn't it?

[CaesiumTime]

Yes, agree with HoneyDragon

[DonkeyOaty]

Ponty sorry to be a bit dense but OP is asking about Trump-insulting and you're a-froth about trans issues. I'm kinda not seeing the connection.

[Manumission]

That's sort of what I was getting at Donk.

[zen1]

Agree with pp. Read Lougle's post several times and no mention of trans issues, so don't know why it's being brought up on this thread.

[GingerIvy]

I reported a few particularly nasty posts calling Trump's wife thick and other things, but I notice they've not been deleted. I'm no fan of Trump, but I think an all out bash on his wife was really uncalled for. Some pretty vile comments on here as well. Looks like a "free for all" to me.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/2776500-Melania-as-FLOTUS?pg=1

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2777471-to-think-Donald-and-Melania-will-have-trouble-keeping-the-staff-Title-edited-by-MNHQ?pg=3

[IPityThePontipines]

Go and have a look at the Moderation Policy Thread OP has linked to and see who's shouting the loudest on that and all will become clear.

[MilkTwoSugarsThanks]

I think the link to "the transgender thing" is that recently there has been a lot of threads about moderation from people who have been stamping their feet a bit because MNHQ aren't moderating exactly how those people would like. It's been mostly connected to threads about transgender people or disabled people.

[DonkeyOaty]

No ta.

[iminshock]

V good point OP.
I think it's a hideous poem and not particularly well
Written or clever .

Flaccid cock ? It's ok to insult someone publicly those that ?

How about Flappy Vagina as an insult to Hilary Clinton ? Is that ok too ?

Mumsnet you should be ashamed of yourselves.