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Why was the latest "inclusion" thread (Staffroom topic) deleted?

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bialystockandbloom · 25/09/2014 21:53

Blimey, I'd just written a calm and eloquent post, and pfft, it had gone. With a deletion message that it was deleted because "it wound up some parents".

FFS how about being deleted because it was yet another recent example of prejudice and disablism? No bloody wonder it "wound some parents" up, the OP was offensive and ignorant in the extreme.

MN this is so disappointing. Why is it the parents who are trying patiently to explain yet again about life with SN who get stamped on?

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fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 25/09/2014 22:16

It is wonderful it went.

Saved many people several hours if not days of being upset and arguing.

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bialystockandbloom · 25/09/2014 22:15

Alice you're absolutely right. Deleting it because the OP was offensive and disablist is fair enough - but why for this reason?

Fanjo the thread about a similar subject is still running in the Staffroom topic, it is equally offensive. I can't understand the inconsistency. It actually would've been a good opportunity for MN to remind people about the TIMC campaign?

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thecatfromjapan · 25/09/2014 22:14

I'm pretty confident that poster is a teacher.
It was a good example of how easy it is to dismiss opinions you find .... difficult (euphemism) as trolling. Goady, maybe. Fictitious ... no. Sadly.
Personally, I think that thread should have stayed. I found it shocking but a reminder of the sort of shit parents ( and children) have to contend with.
That said, if parents of children with SN wanted it gone, then fair enough.

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 25/09/2014 22:09

I had reported it

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 25/09/2014 22:08

I was told it was deleted as it was offensive and would upset people.

Which is true.

AliceDoesntLiveHereAnymore · 25/09/2014 22:07

I'd just like to see more decisive deletions on disablist threads with the message saying it was deleted because it was disablist... instead of the faff that's usually put saying that it wasn't in the spirit of MN or because it wound up parents.

Call a spade a spade, please.

CatKisser · 25/09/2014 22:03

Hmm, just checked the deletion message, you're right.
Sigh, who knows.
I find it vile that they deleted that thread about Victoria Beckham as "she's a parent and a woman" but the one about the "thick, fat woman" is ok to stay.
Sad

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bialystockandbloom · 25/09/2014 22:00

Yes but it was apparently deleted not because it was goady or a wind-up, but because it "wound some parents up and that is not the spirit of MN"

If that's not the spirit of MN then what's AIBU all about then?!

It wasn't even that argumentative - no-one was rude or personal, and actually it might have been helpful for others to read more about inclusion as a subject.

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CatKisser · 25/09/2014 21:54

It was needlessly goady and if it was written by an actual teacher I'll eat cat litter.