AIBU to say Mumsnet has some particularly bonkers opinions?

Exactly, this is a sort of 'safe space' where people can actually let rip, you can't do that irl!!

As bonkers as it is, i have actually learnt a few things reading all these posts over the last 3 years. I have even reveiwed my oppinion on occasion (or at least understood the opposing views better). There are some very good posters on here who aren't just here to argue. Myself, i like going on a bit of a voyage into the human mind and how it works, it's interesting to try to understand why other people think and feel the way that they do (and you sometimes learn something about yourself, too).

You're obviously a curious person too, it's good to keep and open mind and try to understand.

Yes they do! Why do you think some trans people have hormone treatment and surgery if it’s not to change sex (in their view)??

All boomers are stinking rich

Are you okay?

Ironically, your own post is probably the most bonkersly untrue post I’ve seen on mumsnet today! For example, number 1, mumsnet is staunchly gender critical. All of your points are obviously batshit and not remotely reflective of general opinion on here at all.

You clearly must know that ‘Men can become women’ is not some opinion formed on Mumsnet. You can’t be living in such a bubble that you don’t know that trans people exist in the world.

I personally don’t think you can change sex but I’m aware that many people think that medication and surgery can do this.

Absolutely this. On any given issue, there are two extreme camps and never any nuance. If you ask your full-time employed 29 year old son who earns twice as much as you for £10 a week as a token contribution to his food costs, you’re “profiting from your children”. Conversely you should take all their wages and just give them a fiver a week back for bus fares to work, because “that’s what my mum did to me in 1972”, and they’ll never learn responsibility otherwise.

The correct answer usually lies somewhere in the middle.

can you link to the thread when someone has actually said that men can become women?

Nobody actually believes that a person can change their sex

You will see what you want to see on any public forum. “Mumsnet” isn’t a singular entity, it is an amorphous collection of varied opinions. It’s ridiculous to suggest there is any one overriding opinion shared between the 26,000 daily posts. There are 8 million users registered, you really think they all share the same opinion?

Number 1) I haven’t seen this on here at all (not a bad thing) but Mumsnet is famously anti trans.
2) I don’t agree this is a common opinion, I get the impression that most of the posters on Mumsnet are very wealthy (or pretend to be)
3) Again the complete opposite, you’re more likely to get called a wet flannel for not caring about Strippers .
4) Again I’ve seen the reverse on here, lots of people who think you should pay for your 30 year olds meal out or holiday regardless of how much they earn.

Oh, absolutely. Also, when expressing an oppinion online, it's hard to convey nuance or explain yourself fully in a short written response. So people tend to offer fairly 'black and white' oppinions for ease that sound harsh or lacking thought and subtlety.

Then when challenged they either 'dig in' and defend a more strident position than they might actually hold, or they resort making stuff up to fit their narrative.

The problem is that an internet forum like this is shit for having a debate, or trying to work out what's going on in someone's relationship from a couple of sentances. So people over-simplify their responses, or read things into situations that aren't there to try to make sense of it.

there's a completely disproportionate amount of posters who are terribly bitter and unhappy

hate fun, hate friends, hate parties, birthdays, weddings, hate men
hate absolutely everyone and everything

but that goes with an online forum. Go to a running club, people have problems too, but they are in their majority much less bitter about life.
I think that explains a lot of of the bonkers opinion on here.

I was thoroughly told off for expecting my 15 year old to do chores. In another thread I was called a bad parent for not withdrawing privileges . I don't think you can win on here.

I only agree with number six. Only dogs should be banned from all public places. They are a menace.

That's probably true but I've also seen loads of trans activists on here, and LGBT activists.

Whenever there's a thread about a woman who suspects her husband might be sexually interested in men, her language will be policed and she will be accused of being a bigot by the cool women who definitely have bisexual husbands.

No one is overweight from eating too much

The ones in my family 😉

1. You aren't aware of just how varied people's oppinions can be.
2. The internet emboldens people to share oppinions they'd normally keep to themselves.
3. Some people just love being contrary or devils advocate, they love a debate or even goading an arguement.
4. Some people are trolls or just love creating negative attention for themselves.

Don't take any if it too seriously, especially not AIBU.

Thus making the tapestry of life so rich, and psychiatrists even richer.

"Mumsnet says...."

The place is full of complete nutbags.

I love it. 😁