bulling on mumsnet.

[threefeethighandrising]

Yes, this is a thread about a thread. Or lots of threads in fact. So shoot me.

I'm shocked saddened by the level of bullying that goes on, particularly in AIBU.

I'm not complaining about people speaking their minds. One of the things I love about mumsnet is frank exchanges, that people can say what they want.

What worries me is a nasty group mentality - people ganging up on a poster - usually a new one - and picking apart their story and being absolutely, unforgivably nasty to them.

We teach our DCs to stand up to bullies. Well, how do we stand up to these ones?

I've recommended mumsnet to many people over the years, as a place you can find fantastic support, frank and honest opinions. Those kinds of threads make me question whether this is a place I should be inviting any one other than those with a very think skin. Which is a real shame IMO.

I'm not really asking AIBU. I am asking how we can stand up to bullies on mumsnet. I've posted it here because it happens here a lot.

Maryz stop running around, you're like a bull in a china shop

bibbity... baby names ??

that is just like stealing sweets from a baby

kicking a puppy

etc

Well done Bibbity-I think that's what we should all do if we think someone is taking things too far.

BTW did they respond Bibbity?

How do you mean PAFM?

True Maryz, but don't blooming start it

isn't "baby names" usually fluffy ?

or is it full of bickering peeps like the rest of MN ?

Oh it is VIPERTASTIC on a good day.

Not fluffy at all.

Are you mixing them up with the pram huns?

I am on my 2nd, mary

the fair pinnacle of my MN'ing

it is all downhill from now, especially if i don't eat my tea very soon

have you been vipered yet then, bibs ?

I can honestly say I have never ventured onto baby names

until this evening

Agree LeQ. Our talents are too subtle to be appreciated by just anyone. It's like being Tommy Cooper. He was actually a very skilled magician. He just perfected the art of looking like a bumbling arse. I like to think I take after him.

Oh baby names is fab. I do have to bite my tongue alot though. It's a bit like style and beauty, in that bland people with no sense of identity or confidence come on and beg you to tell them what to do, wear, buy, and call their children. Which is right up my street frankly.

Maryz! High five! My children's names could be very similarly described!