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Dawn Butler is reporting Mumsnet to the police

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MalagaNights · 21/12/2023 19:40

😂😂

https://x.com/DawnButlerBrent/status/1737853431413657806?s=20

I love the comments: Women are allowed to have a chat Dawn 😁

https://x.com/DawnButlerBrent/status/1737853431413657806?s=20

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SamW98 · 22/12/2023 16:03

https://twitter.com/DawnButlerBrent/status/1738171639769042946

She's still sticking to her I’m right you’re wrong stance then.

Be kinder - except to those evil Mumsnetters obviously

https://twitter.com/DawnButlerBrent/status/1738171639769042946

Isopedia · 22/12/2023 16:02

One of the comments describes mumsnet as 'the M&S version of 4chan' 🤣🤣

Coyoacan · 22/12/2023 15:54

HPFA · 22/12/2023 15:32

At the moment all the polls indicate that Labour will have a majority of over 100 MPs.

Dawn Butler will be just one of those - the idea that she'll be able to dictate Labour policy is laughable.

It is quite funny if you follow Labour party politics and the ruthless way Keir Starmer operates that people think he will waste any time in office on this stuff.

Starmer is ruthless in his support for Israel and his opposition to leftwing ideas, but he's never been ruthless with the gender ideologues

Ereshkigalangcleg · 22/12/2023 15:46

I see the Daily Mail didn't feel brave enough to engage with the ducks, giraffes, crustless quiche or hedgehog aspects of the debate.

Grin
Riva5784 · 22/12/2023 15:45

stealtheatingtunnocks · 22/12/2023 14:49

Where did Justine comment? I can’t see it on Twitter

It's in the Daily Mail article.

Floisme · 22/12/2023 15:36

You may be right HPFA, but nevertheless I am very much looking forward to Keir Starmer's pre-election visit to Mumsnet.

HPFA · 22/12/2023 15:32

At the moment all the polls indicate that Labour will have a majority of over 100 MPs.

Dawn Butler will be just one of those - the idea that she'll be able to dictate Labour policy is laughable.

It is quite funny if you follow Labour party politics and the ruthless way Keir Starmer operates that people think he will waste any time in office on this stuff.

stealtheatingtunnocks · 22/12/2023 14:49

Where did Justine comment? I can’t see it on Twitter

caringcarer · 22/12/2023 12:34

JenniferJupiterVenusandMars · 22/12/2023 07:13

God help us if Labour get voted in and if we have to put up with this level of stupidity.

Their leader thinks some women can have a penis. 🤷

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MalagaNights · 22/12/2023 12:23

It's the headline on the daily mail site 🤣

Justines comment is brilliant.

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SnowRoomAtTheInn · 22/12/2023 12:00

Froodwithatowel · 22/12/2023 11:53

I see the Daily Mail didn't feel brave enough to engage with the ducks, giraffes, crustless quiche or hedgehog aspects of the debate.

😂

Floisme · 22/12/2023 11:58

Poor old Labour - they spend all year issuing slippery, lawyer approved statements to reassure us we can trust them, and then along comes Dawn Butler to undo it all in a single tweet. Grin

Froodwithatowel · 22/12/2023 11:53

I see the Daily Mail didn't feel brave enough to engage with the ducks, giraffes, crustless quiche or hedgehog aspects of the debate.

heathspeedwell · 22/12/2023 11:53

I thought Justine's comment was brilliant.

'It's somewhat ironic that Ms Butler chose to post her attack on Mumsnet on X (formerly Twitter) which regularly hosts comments that wouldn't last a moment on Mumsnet and where the moderation is light touch at best.
'We see this kind of double standard a lot and I'm beginning to wonder if it might be because Mumsnet is the only major platform dominated by women's voices.'

PorcelinaV · 22/12/2023 11:34

Can Dawn be reported somewhere for her apparent extremism and rejection of basic democratic principles like free speech?

I think her own tweet blaming the government for "hate" was pretty disgusting and hateful speech itself. All the government has done is rejected the ideology that gender identity supercedes biological sex. They haven't said anyone should be "hated".

I would suggest that Dawn is weaponising false accusations of "hate" to score points and push an agenda.

You can't say, "more light and less heat", and then slander all your political opponents.

eurochick · 22/12/2023 11:18

Oh my goodness, not Women With Opinions😱😱😱😱

Froodwithatowel · 22/12/2023 11:03

ace249 · 22/12/2023 09:36

apparently mumsnet is an extremist breeding ground and should be reported to Prevent
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yes, I don't think they quite get who Prevent are or what they do, but I'll put the kettle on and get out the mince pies, I'm sure whoever Prevent sends will be up for a chat. Mostly about duck porn and quiche, but there you go.

SerendipityJane · 22/12/2023 10:30

I hope anyone who has ever posted on MN has a safe bunker to retire too?

MNHQ have my full contact details from a previous username when an up themselves Yank threatened to sue and we had to give our identities to MNHQ to keep our posts up. This was pre-pandemic.

RethinkingLife · 22/12/2023 10:06

KissTheRains · 22/12/2023 09:05

I hope anyone who has ever posted on MN has a safe bunker to retire too?
A commune in the mountains with large gates?
I'm posting from the basement, hiding in a barrel, behind the furnace and the old sheets...

Aw crap, I just gave away my position...

Moving to higher ground.. find me at the top of the Nuneaton Nipple..

*Runs

The number of times there's been an island or remote spot available for sale over the last couple of years and we didn't have a MN crowdfunder to set up an non-extraditable safe haven for MNetters…

Organaforever · 22/12/2023 09:48

Merrymouse · 21/12/2023 19:59

Just theorising here, but could it be that people are responding to a post on Twitter because they saw it on Twitter?

I don’t know, but suspect there are more users of Twitter than MN….

It was seeing that kind of guff on Twitter that brought me to MN in the first place just to see what was so awful. Never left. So suppose I should thank them for that.

ManyATrueWord · 22/12/2023 09:46

Dawn Butler is a major reason why I won't vote Labour. It was bad enough when the Catholic Tory minister set up Universal Credit to make it harder for women to breach the sanctity of marriage by leaving their husbands. I didn't think that was acceptable then and that is a less awful set of beliefs than Dawn wants to force on us.

AmaryllisNightAndDay · 22/12/2023 09:37

RoyalCorgi · 21/12/2023 19:50

So, someone tweeted at her:

"FYI you've been mentioned on transphobic forum mumsnet, that's where the pile-on is coming from"

She responded:

"Oh I wondered where these nasty vicious inhumane people were coming from.

Time for me to unfollow and report Mumsnet to @metpoliceuk

Thanks for the info Tom"

So:

  1. She hasn't read the thread in question, simply relied on a claim by someone on Twitter.
  2. She claims she will report Mumsnet (not just the thread, but the site) to the Metropolitan Police, and even tags them in, because obviously the Met don't have more important things to deal with than reading an internet forum.
  3. She is reporting Mumsnet, not because of anything that has been said on Mumsnet (she hasn't read the thread, remember) but because some people on Twitter have been rude to her, and she thinks they are people who have come from Mumsnet, even though she has absolutely no evidence that this is the case.
  4. Having decided to report a popular internet forum to the police on the basis of not a single shred of evidence, she has decided to announce this decision to the whole of Twitter, with no apparent consideration for how ridiculous it makes her - and by extension her political party - appear.

I ask this question in all honesty: how is it possible for someone so lacking in basic thinking skills to be an elected representative?

Since you ask - Brent. Living up to the reputation they first earned in Thatcher's time. Nice to know some things don't change! Makes me feel young again.

ace249 · 22/12/2023 09:36

apparently mumsnet is an extremist breeding ground and should be reported to Prevent
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

IncompleteSenten · 22/12/2023 09:34

Cailin66 · 22/12/2023 09:08

Who is Tom in all of this?

Tom is the cowardly stirrer who scarpered at the first sign of trouble.

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