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Why is this subforum so intent on removing voices that dont' agree?

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BeeSouriante · 21/06/2025 00:07

Like I've had three posts removed

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Bannedontherun · 22/06/2025 22:16

SidewaysOtter · 22/06/2025 22:11

Quick question though, @Waitwhat23 , what constitutes a "large glass" of gin/vodka? Like a wine glass?

Nah more like a pint or bare minimum a half. 😁

SidewaysOtter · 22/06/2025 22:12

murasaki · 22/06/2025 22:10

It's only fair to road test the liqueurs before you give them away.

I quite agree, quality control and all that Wine

SidewaysOtter · 22/06/2025 22:11

Quick question though, @Waitwhat23 , what constitutes a "large glass" of gin/vodka? Like a wine glass?

murasaki · 22/06/2025 22:10

It's only fair to road test the liqueurs before you give them away.

SidewaysOtter · 22/06/2025 22:09

Waitwhat23 · 22/06/2025 16:41

Is the picnic cancelled? Bugger. I'd made a cake (strangely enough with my homemade blackcurrant jam!)

For those with fruit gluts, I make liqueurs - my recipe (slightly modified from Good Food)

600g blackcurrants
750ml red wine
500g sugar
Large glass of gin or vodka.

Tidy up the berries (removing stalks, leaves and insects) and tip into a ceramic bowl. Pour over the wine and mash with a potato masher. Leave to macerate for two days with a tea towel over it, mashing occasionally. Pour through a sieve into a pan and add the sugar. Heat gently until the sugar has dissolved and then simmer for 5 minutes. Leave to cool then add the gin or vodka. Pour into sterilised bottles and keep for up to a year.

For strawberry liqueur, the same as above but with white wine.

Ooh, this looks amazing! I think we're in for a LOT of blackberries this year and I've already got raspberries and strawberries.

Now planning to make liqueurs as Christmas presents but I suppose I should really do a trial run first [hic]

Bannedontherun · 22/06/2025 22:00

Boiledbeetle · 22/06/2025 21:35

wheeeeeeee

😂

Boiledbeetle · 22/06/2025 21:35

wheeeeeeee

Why is this subforum so intent on removing voices that dont' agree?
WithSilverBells · 22/06/2025 21:21

ArabellaScott · 22/06/2025 20:53

Yes, you have. One minute it's all lols and split infinitives, the next we're wondering why Grayson Perry's at a children's cancer charity event with a black latex codpiece.

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa 😢

Bannedontherun · 22/06/2025 21:04

ArabellaScott · 22/06/2025 18:38

It's quite liberating!

It's fucking end times.

Yes totally, watching here my sisters being introspective and checking themselves, is a wonderful.

i said on another thread if the ruling goes the way it should it will be game over.

and it is

so hooray.

<Munching, cakes, and other delights at silverbells house picnic>

there is a pub not far from this thread where i may re convene with the peak clique for a GnT

ArabellaScott · 22/06/2025 20:53

WithSilverBells · 22/06/2025 19:34

I did idly wonder what will happen when we reach a generation that has only ever seen uncorrected posts on SM. Will they understand what the poster actually meant to write?
OMG have I just discovered why the world is going to hell in a handcart?😱

Yes, you have. One minute it's all lols and split infinitives, the next we're wondering why Grayson Perry's at a children's cancer charity event with a black latex codpiece.

WithSilverBells · 22/06/2025 20:36

SternJoyousBee · 22/06/2025 20:26

I may have missed the answer but has anyone actually articulated which trans rights we object to?

No, and I will never get back the half-hour of my life that I spent trying to find out

SternJoyousBee · 22/06/2025 20:26

DrBlackbird · 22/06/2025 18:30

Okay I’m happy to be corrected. I thought about going back to read all the posts to double check what was being said but that was a lot of effort for Sunday afternoon. So it was a sweeping statement about FWR posters opposing trans rights. That is an unusual position for a GC lesbian lawyer and it would have been interesting to have had that explained more fully.

I may have missed the answer but has anyone actually articulated which trans rights we object to?

WithSilverBells · 22/06/2025 19:34

ArabellaScott · 22/06/2025 18:38

It's quite liberating!

It's fucking end times.

I did idly wonder what will happen when we reach a generation that has only ever seen uncorrected posts on SM. Will they understand what the poster actually meant to write?
OMG have I just discovered why the world is going to hell in a handcart?😱

ArabellaScott · 22/06/2025 18:38

It's quite liberating!

It's fucking end times.

TheOtherRaven · 22/06/2025 18:34

illinivich · 22/06/2025 15:59

I'm assuming the claims about reducing trans rights is about repealing the GRA?

Edited

It's hard to tell.

It's as baffling as why anyone would wonder that women don't want to support men in destroying their rights and are less than naice about it all.

The cake however is not baffling at all and I am here for it.

Helleofabore · 22/06/2025 18:30

DrBlackbird · 22/06/2025 18:17

Agree that was unclear. The poster used the term trans rights without explaining what they meant. Going by later posts I was interpreting this as not ‘advocating for more rights’ but it all got a bit confusing (to me).

Me too. I questioned it but it seems to have been considered offensive.

DrBlackbird · 22/06/2025 18:30

WithSilverBells · 22/06/2025 15:41

Going to have to repectively disagree with you there I'm afraid.

The poster doubled-down in their next post:
But there are quite clearly people on this board who are opposed to trans rights and anybody suggesting that there is not is not being honest (perhaps even with themselves).
but repeatedly declined to explain what they meant.

Okay I’m happy to be corrected. I thought about going back to read all the posts to double check what was being said but that was a lot of effort for Sunday afternoon. So it was a sweeping statement about FWR posters opposing trans rights. That is an unusual position for a GC lesbian lawyer and it would have been interesting to have had that explained more fully.

NotAtMyAge · 22/06/2025 18:28

BeeSouriante · 21/06/2025 00:11

I've read them but I disagree why do you keep restricting my voice?

We don't. Mumsnet HQ does the removal of posts so you'd have to ask them.

DrBlackbird · 22/06/2025 18:17

Helleofabore · 22/06/2025 15:51

I don’t believe that the position on moderation was necessarily misunderstood. I think,
looking back, people were attempting to establish the intention of the poster’s point around ‘trans rights’.

Agree that was unclear. The poster used the term trans rights without explaining what they meant. Going by later posts I was interpreting this as not ‘advocating for more rights’ but it all got a bit confusing (to me).

BundleBoogie · 22/06/2025 17:26

Ps please correct my apostrophe if wrong. I wasn’t quite sure.

BundleBoogie · 22/06/2025 17:25

Helleofabore · 22/06/2025 15:51

I don’t believe that the position on moderation was necessarily misunderstood. I think,
looking back, people were attempting to establish the intention of the poster’s point around ‘trans rights’.

This was indeed my (and others’) query and I was a little taken aback at the aggression and odd misrepresentations that came back.

Normally if you feel that someone has misunderstood your position, you (one) would explain and hopefully clear up the misunderstanding but no explanation was ever forthcoming.

Anyway, I have eaten lots of cake, planted some more plants and seen a zip into dds prom dress this afternoon so I might have a nap now.

DialSquare · 22/06/2025 17:25

WithSilverBells · 22/06/2025 17:14

I make mistakes all the time when posting. Even using the 'preview' button I still don't notice them until I post. However, I hardly ever notice other posters' mistakes until they point them out. I usually issue corrections to my posts on MN because of the fierce, pedantic wordsmiths on here (love you 😘)

When Whatsapp first came out, I corrected like mad until I realised that the generation below me weren't bothering. Now even my friends of my age group don't bother unless it is a serious error, like giving the wrong date for a meet up. It's quite liberating!

I’m the same but mostly notice during the time I can edit. I didn’t this time then it really annoyed me when I saw what I had concocted!

WithSilverBells · 22/06/2025 17:14

DialSquare · 22/06/2025 16:05

Obviously that should have been misrepresentation! Bloody fat fingers!

I make mistakes all the time when posting. Even using the 'preview' button I still don't notice them until I post. However, I hardly ever notice other posters' mistakes until they point them out. I usually issue corrections to my posts on MN because of the fierce, pedantic wordsmiths on here (love you 😘)

When Whatsapp first came out, I corrected like mad until I realised that the generation below me weren't bothering. Now even my friends of my age group don't bother unless it is a serious error, like giving the wrong date for a meet up. It's quite liberating!

Boiledbeetle · 22/06/2025 16:55

Waitwhat23 · 22/06/2025 16:41

Is the picnic cancelled? Bugger. I'd made a cake (strangely enough with my homemade blackcurrant jam!)

For those with fruit gluts, I make liqueurs - my recipe (slightly modified from Good Food)

600g blackcurrants
750ml red wine
500g sugar
Large glass of gin or vodka.

Tidy up the berries (removing stalks, leaves and insects) and tip into a ceramic bowl. Pour over the wine and mash with a potato masher. Leave to macerate for two days with a tea towel over it, mashing occasionally. Pour through a sieve into a pan and add the sugar. Heat gently until the sugar has dissolved and then simmer for 5 minutes. Leave to cool then add the gin or vodka. Pour into sterilised bottles and keep for up to a year.

For strawberry liqueur, the same as above but with white wine.

Beautiful 😍

Alas you neglected to remove all the insects, one pesky little blighter remains!

Why is this subforum so intent on removing voices that dont' agree?
Waitwhat23 · 22/06/2025 16:46

BundleBoogie · 22/06/2025 13:04

Amazing! I like the sound of thornless blackberry. My blackcurrant is DENSE with blackcurrants - I’ve been see seen anything like it. The cucumbers are going crazy too.

Looks like we’re in for a bumper year of everything! Maybe we could have a MN Horticultural Show later in the year.

Strangely enough, I was just reading through the booklet for the Agricultural Show for a village near us and deciding whether I wanted to create a miniature seashore (40x40) or decorate a plate (I do love some of the batshit very specific requirements)

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