More police action over "non crimes"

You don't even know if this person is a man. I don't think it is intimidating to wear a costume like that. In fact it appeals quite a lot to my sense of humour. I realise that tends to be quite dark, and not everyone shares it, which is fine.

But it's still not police business.

It's "ok" in this weird mn 'feminist' rabbit hole

I don’t think anyone has said its ok or ‘ok’

Just that its not against the law

and you're a 'feminist' defending the right of men to dress in an intimidating way, in an area where local women like myself may decide to get our one bit of daily excercise? You could have just said "i'm alright, Jack!" and saved me the bother.

I don't have a problem with people wearing a bird mask if they want to. And bird mask person is not breaking any laws.

It's "ok" in this weird mn 'feminist' rabbit hole, @Goosefoot, but thankfully men behaving in an intimidating way, bird mask or otherwise, is rightly challenged in the real world.

Sorry for speaking for you dido

I know you are more than capable

dido isnt a feminist

Several centuries of colonial rule would seem to indicate otherwise

Presumably Mongolians, Persians, Spaniards and Italians are awful but white people who's ancestors are from Lithuania are lovely?

I doubt anyone on FWR is unaware of the structural advantages possessed by certain groups in a society most of us would wish to radically alter. There is a world of difference between class analysis and deciding an individual doing something you consider antisocial must have a certain skin colour.

apparently the right of men to to go around in 17th Century costume scaring the life out of any woman who might fancy a stroll in the park in the middle of a pandemic

Has anyone actually said that men have the right to do this And they think its ok?

So I'm a white person being racist towards white other people, apparently and you're a 'feminist' defending the right of men to dress in an intimidating way, in an area where local women like myself may decide to get our one bit of daily excercise? You could have just said "i'm alright, Jack!" and saved me the bother.

Are bird masks not ok then?

In any case, just because a costume is scary doesn't make it illegal. People wear all kinds of costumes intended to be scary.

And you carry on with your own racist assumptions.

There's simply no comparison @DidoLamenting it's the 'bird face' part of the costume that's intimidating. Quite obviously. Anyway you carry on doing your 'feminism' which is essentially MRA-ing from your comfortable position of knowing this guy lives nowhere near you.

Mumsnet Feminism c 2020 = apparently the right of men to to go around in 17th Century costume scaring the life out of any woman who might fancy a stroll in the park in the middle of a pandemic. Nice work.

Out of curiosity, why young and white men? Do (for example) middle aged East Asian men never have odd sexual tastes?

Well quite. Rotherham perhaps.

And the comparison to burkas is quite obviously to another full body and face covering garment.

I am not going to check your theory out goose

Clown comes near me and I’m moving rapidly in the opposite direction

And plague doctor to be fair, i read a book about a plague doctor killer once

Although you know with clowns, the ones with grotesque faces are usually fairly affable if dumb. It's the ones with the pretty, neatly done faces that are usually devious and untrustworthy.

Did they ever find that IT clown person

🤡

That was fucking scary...clowns are scary

Yeah, I thought nuns, but they don't cover enough of their faces

Good point

Where on earth did I mention bird masks

Last was obviously trying to think of people who wear black floor length ‘dresses‘ and i was helping

Just cos you’re pissed off with last doesn’t mean you can take it out on me with your humphy face

To Sith?

Yes, or naughty children. Or it could be a Sith, maybe, if it was black.

Some of the headdresses nuns used to wear were kind of scary, those starched ones that look like birds are stuck to their heads.

Of course it's about context really, if you don't know what something is it could be scary just because it's strange. Which could be a lot of things for a child.

Several centuries of colonial rule would seem to indicate otherwise @donquixote. Not because of their skin colour or sex, but because of the sense of dominance and entitlement that comes with being white and male culturally.

Most women in Hellesdon will be either preoccupied with caring responsibilities right now or in key worker roles. It's that kind of place . Most older people round there just aren't going to do something like that. You have to understand the general character of the older generation here to know why.

The very few people from ethnic minorities here generally just keep their heads down and get on with life. They're not about to go out and make enemies by provoking people that way. Especially not now.

The maxim "carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man" could have been the caption for the photo.

To Sith?

mwahahahahah

on form

Yes priests, nuns and women in burkas are all known for running around in 17th century bird masks @RufustheLanglovingreindeer it really could have been any of them

You carry on with your defensiveness on behalf of the white man in question if you like. I'll just link you his EDP mugshot when the time comes.

What would that prove? I agree that in Norfolk it's very likely to be a white bloke.

My question was why you thought that warranted more urgent police action and and why you thought skin colour caused the wearing of this outfit.

I will freely admit to being 'defensive' of the idea that skin colour does not determine behaviour- that myth was dispelled many years ago but the ideology it spawned continues to cause harm.

behalf of the white man in question if you like

What on earth does the colour of his skin have to do with it?