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Disablism

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BishopBrennansArse · 17/10/2016 11:06

Shiny new thread.

Hopefully won't get derailed.

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Sgoinneal · 20/10/2016 21:51

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Smartleatherbag · 20/10/2016 20:36

Java, yes I see now. Apologies for not quite getting it at first.
Bishop Flowers. Thats sounds so awful and hard.

Badders123 · 20/10/2016 20:13

It's not just disablist though
They left up a really nasty racist post last month
Grovelling apology etc but too little too late
Usual "we like to let discussion flow" bollocks
I wonder if these companies now paying mn all this ad revenue realise how bad they are at this? How pissed off its users are?
The staff need diversity training asap
Too late for me I think
I'm pretty sure I'm de regging
Shame - I've been here for years Sad

PolterGoose · 20/10/2016 19:58

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BishopBrennansArse · 20/10/2016 19:55

I'm in a good place now but I have to be honest a post on here did once make the difference between coping and not.

I did drive to the top of a multi storey car park. Today I'm glad I didn't jump but I remember berating myself for being such a coward that day because I went home.

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Javabeansaintgeorge · 20/10/2016 19:49

I don't think there will be actual casualties, I think that's maybe hyperbole, but I totally understand where you are coming from.

If you erode away vulnerable posters support and slowly push them into isolation, which is happening here, something will give.

Smartleatherbag · 20/10/2016 19:45

True, Polter. Aibu has always been best avoided Grin

PolterGoose · 20/10/2016 19:35

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insan1tyscartching · 20/10/2016 19:30

And still nothing from MNHQ on that thread, I suppose they are still "taking advice"

Smartleatherbag · 20/10/2016 19:22

Anyway, I returned to MN for support after a long hiatus. It's never been perfect, but it's always been fair. Alas, I see I have come at a dreadful time and will clear off again. I don't know what the fuck had happened ; there was once an ethos among posters of compassion, critical thinking, sometimes blunt but rarely rude. It's being yelled over by the reactionary twats, desperate not to question their own assumptions and culture. And MMHQ are absolutely fine with this, as long as the site gets hits and they get ad revenue. Sad.

Smartleatherbag · 20/10/2016 19:17

Java, I agree that this is the nadir for MN. No one expects HQ to be perfect, but their wilful blindness is causing harm. They have an obligation, according to their own rules.
I don't think there will be actual casualties, I think that's maybe hyperbole, but I totally understand where you are coming from.

EverySongbirdSays · 20/10/2016 19:12

Yes.

insan1tyscartching · 20/10/2016 19:02

The OP on the other thread declaring herself and her dd disabled has in effect given carte blanche to all those posters who come on the disabilism threads to shut them down because now they will convince themselves that if one disabled poster agrees with them then the rest of us are wrong Sad

Javabeansaintgeorge · 20/10/2016 18:56

Over the last week MNHQ have created much more of a THEM and US culture than ever before. It's turning into a site war, someone is going to end up doing something very extreme and very stupid and the outcome isn't going to be good.

This is so horrible to watch, how many people actually left the site yesterday over this?

Wave after wave to posters will reach breaking point due to the site moderators incompetence.
It's not going to end well, i actually fear there may be actual causalities from the fallout.

Owllady · 20/10/2016 18:40

challenging youngsters home is back to living next door to someone with severe sn

PolterGoose · 20/10/2016 18:38

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insan1tyscartching · 20/10/2016 18:38

I've reported too.It's the lack of action from MNHQ that is spawning threads such as that one IMO.

AliceInUnderpants · 20/10/2016 18:12

I wonder how long it will stand, or how long reports of concern will go without being responded to.
MNHQ are making their stance very clear on this, and it's fucking sickening.

EverySongbirdSays · 20/10/2016 18:08

Yep, I did....

AliceInUnderpants · 20/10/2016 18:05

Has anyone reported that thread?

IamSwitzerland · 20/10/2016 17:53

That thread is horrible, how can people not see what is happening?

DixieNormas · 20/10/2016 17:17

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WitchOfEorzea · 20/10/2016 16:38

Has that thread gone poof now? I can't find the one you mean.

Smartleatherbag · 20/10/2016 14:40

Exactly, Everysong. People would be appalled if someone wrote 'please don't challenge racism. And don't you dare get angry about it!' But disabalism is absolutely fine, apparently, so long as it's conveyed covertly. Shut up and be grateful, disabled people and carers!