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AIBU to assume that the majority of posters read The Daily Mail or The Telegraph??

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Greysowhat · 10/09/2025 10:14

I relatively new around here but judging from several threads about flags, trans and autistic, people, there seems to be a lot of posters who love seeing the St Georges Cross up everywhere, are anti-trans and wouldn't give much credence to the struggles that autistic people face. Seems to me they must believe everything they read in The Mail or The Telegraph. Or am I being unreasonable?!

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PrincessOfPreschool · 10/09/2025 10:32

I read (present tense) the Guardian. But I also read (past tense) the Times when it was on a good deal and before they wanted to whack up the price for me. I think it's good to get a spectrum of opinion but I think some of the posters on the flag threads are more Sun readers!

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Greysowhat · 10/09/2025 10:31

peachescariad · 10/09/2025 10:27

And that matters to you? get a life

oh the irony!

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QueenClinomania · 10/09/2025 10:29

Read, yes.
Believe is a different matter.

Different articles are linked to all sorts of sites, I click and read. I don't think you can comment on something if you haven't read it.

Fluffyholeysocks · 10/09/2025 10:29

Does it matter what newspapers they read? It"s a sad world if everyone on Mumsnet read the Guardian.

Ploughyourown · 10/09/2025 10:28

Just because people have opinions you don’t like, it doesn’t mean they ‘believe everything they read’ in a newspaper you don’t like. Obviously there are many ways people get information and draw conclusions about that information.

FOJN · 10/09/2025 10:27

If you read nothing but the Guardian and use Bluesky because you think Twitter is fascist cesspit then I can imagine it's quite jarring to find that other people don't share your world view. Stick around, maybe experiment with a variety of news sources and you might be able to liberate yourself from simple binary thinking and purity spirals.

peachescariad · 10/09/2025 10:27

And that matters to you? get a life

MissMoneyFairy · 10/09/2025 10:26

I don't read either

Katherine9 · 10/09/2025 10:25

I think it’s a case of blue car syndrome. The spectrum of opinion is really wide but there are always a few hot potatoes that get everyone going.

PestoHoliday · 10/09/2025 10:25

Predominantly centre left, I'd have said.

5foot5 · 10/09/2025 10:23

Greysowhat · 10/09/2025 10:14

I relatively new around here but judging from several threads about flags, trans and autistic, people, there seems to be a lot of posters who love seeing the St Georges Cross up everywhere, are anti-trans and wouldn't give much credence to the struggles that autistic people face. Seems to me they must believe everything they read in The Mail or The Telegraph. Or am I being unreasonable?!

Sounds like you have been hanging out on a very different bit of the board to the one I am familiar with

SerendipityJane · 10/09/2025 10:22

From a lot I read here, if the majority are reading the Mail and Telegraph, it's only for the cartoons.

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Greysowhat · 10/09/2025 10:21

Letstheriveranswer · 10/09/2025 10:15

Seems to me like most posters probably read the Guardian and support SWP, with a minority who stand out as being centre or centre right.

Maybe I'm just hanging out in the wrong places! 😅

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Letstheriveranswer · 10/09/2025 10:15

Seems to me like most posters probably read the Guardian and support SWP, with a minority who stand out as being centre or centre right.