Mumsnet paused a “boomer” thread this morning, and…

I reported it too. Sadly still there. Clearly ageism isn't viewed in the same bracket as racism, sexism etc. MN need to do better in my opinion.

No you are allowed to express your opinion about that as long as no personal attacks are made.

Edited to say though that “fat jabs” is not a polite way of describing weight loss jabs.

No explanation given despite my asking.
im so horrified at the animal testing on fat jabs.
Will this get me reported again?

I reported the most recent thread, and I strongly suspect I wasn't the only one as a number of people were objecting. It's still there, still attracting ageist posts - to say nothing of posts slagging off those who expressed their dislike of the thread topic.

MN mods don't have a problem with ageism. I'm just guessing here but maybe it is because the mods aren't that diverse themselves in terms of age.

The term Boomer is intended to be derogatory which is why some people get offended by it. Words don't hurt people but the intent behind words can be hurtful.

Have you reported it when you've seen it? I'm not having a go, it's just that it's a self reporting site. There was a recent thread on benefits - I reported 3 posts, which got deleted. Thankfully.

I see a huge amount of ableism on mumsnet that goes completely unchecked, so not really surprising

Re counting coins, I am 50 and pay cash sometimes and try to pay with correct amount! As the last thing I need is more coins!
Patience is a dying, everyone is so impatient!

I’m a Boomer and don’t think the term is derogatory at all - like all the other categorisations, it is simply a name attached to people born in a specified period. What is objectionable is making negative assumptions based on a person’s age or thinking all members of a group are the same. I just wish I’d known I was living in some kind of golden age while I was combining a demanding full time job with family life and caring responsibilities.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5518873-boomers-please-take-note
Here you go!

I cant find it either, would have assumed it would be near top of active threads tbh

Edit found it, had assumed it was in aibu rather than chat.

So where is this thread? I'd like to get angry on it! I haven't found an OP title that looks as though it's the one

But it hasn't.

Well if it’s been deleted then it’s been taken seriously

Sweeping generalisations and putting people in these huge, apparently homogeneous groups, dehumanises them and that's a slippy slope.

As a rule if you make a statement that would be offensive if you replaced the statement of age, eg, boomer, elderly or 'old lady', with black Jewish or gay then it's offensive.

Perhaps a useful rule for the moderators.

I really don't understand MN's attitude to ageism. There was a thread last week inviting posts mocking the elderly. If you posted a thread inviting mockery of black people it would rightly be taken down extremely quickly, but they left the attacks on older people up quite happily.

But that’s just incorrect.

The PP wrote “it's usually elderly people who count their coins at tills”

Thats not what you say she said (“they all count out their coins slowly”).

Why is the comparison to the men statement pathetically daft?

Both are “most X are Y” statements. Neither means “most Y are X”

You think the statement about most violent thugs being men is fair becuase the statement is true, presumably?

So isn’t that the right test for PP’s claim too? If not why not?

Our kids call us “boomers” and we’re only mid 50s. When I explained boomers are significantly older they looked slightly pitifully as if there were any material difference between 55 and 80.

The youngest boomers are only in their early 60s - it runs to people born in 1964. I'm mid Gen X and I don't feel much difference in age between me and my late boomer DH. Except he can remember some things from the 60s and early 70s that I wish I'd lived through/been old enough to remember!

So that means ageism against older people should be tolerated?

I think you're just doing some whataboutism here.

I was also shocked when it wasn't deleted.

It's dreadful. Well actually the thread as a whole is OK as many people are challenging the OP and disagreeing with her, but the OP's posts are pretty disgusting.

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Sorry if I missed it, but what did it say?
The thread I mean

A lot of it is just bitterness and jealousy so i honestly dont take it seriously. I'm not a boomer but refuse to climb aboard the band waggon of bitter individuals who constantly bleat and wail about how easy boomers have had it. They were just in the right place at the right time. Get over it....

If it's not racist ...
... if it's not homophobic
... if it's not misogynistic/sexist
... if it's not ableist
... if it's not ageist*

Then you're fine.

*although there seems to be some discrepancy here, which is what this thread is about