to think I should not be threatened with a ban for questioning the use of offensive language?

[thefirstMrsDeVere]

I am a member of a very heavily moderated website. Swearing is not allowed at all, threads are pulled regularly if people are mean to each other, not threads about threads are tolerated and you are not allowed to mention anything said before on the boards at all. All these things will result in deletion and warnings.

I have been a member for years (before mumsnet even). There was a particularly nasty thread that was allowed to go on for pages which ended with a woman referring to children with LDs as 'being tapped in the head'..

I started a seperate thread wanting to discuss the use of disabilist language on the site and asking why words like bitch, whore and piss were not allowed yet retard, mong and spaz were.

I was told that some people might think it was ok to use those words so they couldnt filter them out, it wouldnt be fair.

I continuned to question this in a firm but polite manner and have now discovered I have been sent a message telling me that my style of posting is offensive and I have been taken straight to a final warning!

Not that I give a toss, the site is crap. I guess I am taken aback that you can be pretty much threatened into silence if you dare question the mods on this HUGE and well known site.

Its an issue that means a lot to me. If it was a site on which everything went language wise I wouldnt have bothered. But on this prissy site where you cant say bugger - you can call something retarded or monged out with no bother.

I think its bollocks and makes me glad I have mumsnet to come and tell people to fuck off on.

My HR manager was suposed to have a meeting with me,. she ACTUALLY SAID (shes not a brit) "Oh my god I went to the wrong room, I am such a retard". my fucking HR manager.

netmums is fucking WANK, how their membership has welled today!!!!

"their membership has welled today"

And one more person has looked at mumsonline than yesterday too

Oh, btw, Section 5 of the Public Order Act makes it an offence to carry out any act of writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting.

Oh. Sorry. YOU don't need to know that.

Netmums does.

Hang on a moment.... :o

'retard being used as in Voltrol? I don't get it.

"we now feel we need to contact you Officially with regard to your style of posting and persistant rule breaking on the forum"

is this made up?
did you insert the capital "O" in Officially?
and the ignoramus "a" in persistant?

genius

I think your thread's been pulled MrsDV.

the 'mumsnet sucks' facebook page is a little odd. one bloke re-posting mn threads then chucking in his own answers. why doesn't he just post on the thread on here, he would get more responses

odd little person

the moderator apologised twice ... hopefully netmums will think carefully about this.

I was just writing a post and pooooof tis gorn.

I dare any of you to start another one asking where it has gone and time how many seconds before it is pulled (even though the mods are soooooo busy)

I havent seen mumsnet sucks but I think the odd little person does post on here everyso often and makes odd little animation that he puts on youtube.

You made a very good argument MrsDeVere. I cannot believe they cant see your point.

Oh bollockscuntfuckshitsodandbuggery, I was enjoying that thread!

I was just trying to tell Rachel B that the mods MIGHT have said that they do exactly the same as MN wrt personal/disablist attacks but that they ain't keeping to it... and that talk's cheap!

Do I get the impression that poor little NM HQ can't cope with criticism or that they have more successful competition being pointed out to them?

MrsD, I think we can read the post if we don't use your link. Can you tell me which forum it's in and the thread title?

well done Mrs DV

Ugh! "Or that they hate more successful competition... "

If someone starts another thread remember to linky