Fucking stupid people

[knittedbreast]

They have only gone and burnt down 50k worth of play equiptment at the local play park.

Thanks

Why?

Ok I'll use language I really hate now to illustrate a point.
If the OP had said "raised by a bunch of pikeys" would that be ok?
Why should a term deemed highly offensive be used?

What a beastly thread.

FFS Glitter.

If she had used the word not realising it was offensive she'd have been quite rightly pulled up. The OP apologised. She now understands if she uses that word people may well be offended.

Have you not been banned SweetGilly?

altho i understand people being upset at the use of the R word (i have an older brother with sn) I am amazed that everyone is more upset at the use of the word instead of getting angry and annoyed at the fact that vandals burned down a childrens play park.
when did it become ok to burn down a kids play park?
or is just that we can react directly about the insensitivity of the op but we can't do anything directly about the vandalisation and burning down of a play park?

Who are you asking, glitterknickaz?

Oh maryz I feel the same about diabilist insults believe me - I teach SN school. I have even pulled people up on saying a special needs child - I see it as a child who has special needs - they are a child first. Someone said 'mental hospital' to me the other day and I corrected 'psychiatric hospital'. The person apoloigsed but I'm not going to bully them for it.

I think when people use the term without an intention to upset a 'group' of people so to say, and apologise for doing it and express what there intention actually was then that person doesn't need to be attacked.

Apart from answering your queries BeerTricks, I've said it once. That's hardly 'harping on'

Please read the definitions on this page, specifically the first one and consider backing off a little here.

Maybe a new thread to discuss the changes in language use and how we can get people to understand why these changes should not be allowed to stay would be more useful than a continuing argument about how the OP is perceived to have used the words.

Then this thread can get back to venting anger at the twats who wrecked the playground instead.

I would never say don't stick up for disabled people Maryz. I just find a lot of the attitudes on here towards the disabled very patronising.

So how many people on this thread have defended the use of this word?

OP apologised and has now gone.

I count maybe one?

People get it. What they don't get is why everyone is so determined to shout and shout and shout at the OP when a. she has apologised and b. she has quite understandably stopped posting. And make all kinds of assumptions about her.

Each word is individual, with nuances, a history and meanings in different contexts. They are just words.

I just dont think that a lot of people think 'disability' when they say 'retard' like they would think 'gypsy' specifically when they say 'pikey'. Not in everyday usage, at least. Pikeys isnt used in everyday language as a self-deprecating, light touch word.

This is the problem, when words are deeply offensive to some but are everyday words for others offense can be unintentionally so we have to be grown up about it.

shame about the playground though, our local childrens play area is always beind defaced, mindless

BeerTricksPotter.

OK

I can't believe this thread!

OP, I agree that the incident in the playground is appalling. I work with children's playgrounds and find it so sad that something that can give so much simple pleasure can be so casually destroyed.

And for what it's worth to the rest of you who would rather argue than agree with OP, I personally actually find the F word in the original post pretty offensive, but no one else seems to be bothered by that.

Greenshadow

Actually I commented on the use of the F word, in the beginning.

Apologies Sweet2gilly, thought I'd managed to read most of the thread, but must have missed yours.

Actually, do you realise that your original comments appear to have been deleted by Mumsnet Sweet2gilly?

SaintGeorge. I'm a twat but I don't burn playground equipment. Choose your words more carefully please.

mumsnet virgin! wow you guys are tough,

I find the term 'the disabled' offensive.

Just to make this thread that bit more worser.

Seriously though, I do.