"Railroaded into place" - errm, in your dreams, nobody bullies me, especially not the likes of you. You must have a hugely inflated opinion of yourself to so much as consider that. More like "Who let the dog's out?"
Flippinpeedoff (and a few sane others) - thanks for your support. Thankfully, I am quite thick-skinned though I do see the vulgar outbursts (or more to the point, the posters behind them) for exactly what they are. I have managed to rise above most of it as it is ridden with contradictions and dumb-arse bravado for the most part. I think that it is truly dreadful that they are actually trying to claim the moral high ground in order to justify their spitting of venom. I just love the "you don't know her/me so don't judge me" followed by
"I just don't like the OP, I suppose. She's been a right bastard on lots of threads. ... She is a bloody nightmare." Whilst I fundamentally could not care less about their opinions of me, I do worry about the fact that they are attempting to cyber-bully another poster in a way which makes me glad that I can choose not to mix with people like them in RL. It's a real shame that Mumsnet has sunk to this level. And openly cross referencing to other threads when most of my posts on here have actually been about helping a neighbour with a child who has SENs - I supposed they skipped those, conveniently.
Marmalade, you should be preaching what you practice. You seem really aggressive and particularly shallow and disordered in your responses. DH and I have looked at your public profile to try and understand what could be wrong. You seem obsessed by the idea of my DH "boffing someone else" in your words and have brought this up several times and tried to justify it's place in all this, even though it has nothing to do with the original topic - DH thinks you are insecure about your own looks and personality? I really do sympathize despite the foul language you have used.
As for the ethnicity point, I said that the lady was speaking Polish. I knew because I have learnt some Polish and my DDs best friend at school is Polish. I mix with Polish people almost every day in RL. They aren't just a tabloid headline to me. My DH is European anyway, we are a very international family so any insinuations regarding ethnicity were very wide off the mark, i'm afraid.
To the haters, I would say this. I can give it and take it. But learning has always been a qualitative experience for me so don't kid yourselves if you think you can coerce me into believing any of your vindictive rubbish or considering you worthy teachers. I just feel sorry for your children really.