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Hi, I just thought you should know you are being bitched about on this website

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sakura · 19/08/2011 12:39

I've just received a PM from ShroedingersMew directing me to a website where, apparently, I am being bitched about.

I haven't bothered even to click on the link. But I just wanted to let the other feminists on here know in case something similar happens to them.

I would say the best thing to do is ignore the link, ignore the website altogether, and not let them have the traffic.

There are two things abusive men hate: being laughed at, and being ignored.

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slowcookedtopside · 19/08/2011 14:44

Any discussion of feminist issues always ends with all men in the vicinity being castrated - with spoons - dontcha'know?

Therefore all feminists must be crusssssssshed.

Hmm
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sakura · 19/08/2011 14:43

does that mean I can go to porn sites now and have them shut down?

Or does this privilge of getting places you don't like banned only extend to men?

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LeBJOF · 19/08/2011 14:42

its varieties, DYAC...

Tyr · 19/08/2011 14:41

justforaminute Fri 19-Aug-11 14:29:30

are they-god some bastard is going to come along and tell me i cant read or write and my grammer is shit again.

sparky

Sparky,

I think we traded some insults at one point. I took the piss out of your spelling which was unfair and I apologise for it.

LeBJOF · 19/08/2011 14:40

The thing is, there are myriad views on the Feminist section. I personally do not agree with Sakura's take on many things, but see no need to personally ridicule her. There is a perfectly valid rhetorical technique known as shifting the Overton Window (google it, fellas), which is more usually employed by the Right and the Establishment so that we end up fighting on their territory. Just because a few people on a site express views which some consider wrong, extreme, or over-exaggerated, does not mean that the whole forum should be closed. I can't see a problem with women discussing feminism, in all it's varieties. There are plenty of spaces on the internet for people to conduct conversations which don't adhere to feminist principles. Per-lenty.

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sakura · 19/08/2011 14:38

LOL sparky.
Yes let's predict their highly predictable never-been-heard-before-in-the-history-of-feminism-ever insults before they throw them at us then go NAAAAAAAAH

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Tyr · 19/08/2011 14:37

Can you send me a link? I?d like to read what is actually being said.( as long as you don?t have to join FB or the like to view it.) I disagree strongly with some of the views I?ve seen expressed on these boards and had some pretty heated rows with a few posters. It?s all been in the open though and I have an issue with anyone who snipes at folk behind their backs.
Is it the case that these are people who have challenged things here and been banned or are they just lurkers with nothing else to do?

StayFrosty · 19/08/2011 14:35

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Quodlibet · 19/08/2011 14:34

"We will be running a campaign shortly with a mission to remove the Feminist section from Mumsnet in it's [sic] current form"

Haha. Ah ha ha ha. ha ha. Haaaahaha.

Sorry.

Prolesworth · 19/08/2011 14:29

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justforaminute · 19/08/2011 14:29

are they-god some bastard is going to come along and tell me i cant read or write and my grammer is shit again.

sparky

SchrodingersMew · 19/08/2011 14:26

Hmm, just noticed they're reading this thread too.

For people who seem to really hate MN they spend an awful lot of time on here.

justforaminute · 19/08/2011 14:26

[grin]@prolesworth.
oh great-another video with a pair of rabbits in it.
mns-youve been watchin too much ccbc.

sparky

TheMagnificentBathykolpian · 19/08/2011 14:25

Oh, is it that Avenell bloke who's obsessed with mumsnet?

Sad bastard.

Prolesworth · 19/08/2011 14:22

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AuntieMonica · 19/08/2011 14:19

i rather like the irony in the Mumsnet Sucks fb page name...

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SchrodingersMew · 19/08/2011 14:17

If anyone wants the link I will PM them it.

They really do talk a lot of shite. :o

CRIKRI · 19/08/2011 14:13

Ah, c'mon, spill. Some of us could do with some vacuous amusement on a Friday afternoon! :)

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sakura · 19/08/2011 13:39

corvax thank you Smile

Eldrich "just come on and say 'Bovvered' whenever the trolling and abuse starts."
good idea. Silly boys don't realise incidents like this create solidarity among women. We've seen and heard it all before.

LeBof "I bet some of them used to be perfectly nice. "LOL!

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SchrodingersMew · 19/08/2011 13:35

I sent Sakura the link because I thought it was fair she knew.

I'd had a snoop on that Mumsnet sucks page to see what was being bitched about and the link had been posted.

I think it's probably that guy that I always see people telling to fuck off, was his name James or something? Any link to do with him I have seen normally goes back to that website.

LeBOF · 19/08/2011 13:35

I disagree, Corvax. I think it's more that they are genuinely contemptuous of MN feminists, and quite possibly see themselves as unfairly maligned in the world because they don't grasp the concept of men as a class which enjoys privilege, and men as individuals, who often like and respect women. Ironically, by taking up a cudgel out of defensiveness, they end up turning into wankers and representatives of the worst aspects of patriarchy. I bet some of them used to be perfectly nice.

EldritchCleavage · 19/08/2011 13:33

I thnk you are absolutely right to ignore it. Maybe we could start a new convention in this section where posters just come on and say 'Bovvered' whenever the trolling and abuse starts.

justforaminute · 19/08/2011 13:33

Sakura[13.29]......Wink

sparky

LeBOF · 19/08/2011 13:32

I doubt it's anything new- slagging us off is just what they do. They're like a White Power group or something- you are never going to convince them that they aren't oppressed. Best to focus on discussions with some common ground with less ranty types.

Corvax · 19/08/2011 13:31

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