To get annoyed at the lack of empathy being shown by some many posters at the moment?

[coldwinter]

No I know IANBU, but I am stunned by some of the posters on here at the moment. Mumsnet has turned into the opinion pages of the Daily Mail.

I hope so kitty. I mean the woman defending her right to use spastic as an insult. It beggars belief.

I am very familiar with PC, and overall I think it has a negative effect. People who are naturally intolerant and dictatorial and who dont like to be challenged or understand any view but their own though, find themselves a comfortable and narrow and self-righteous home there IME

True - have you tried the Daily Mail opinion pages?

Coldwinter - I missed that. Bloody hell. There are some gaslighters on here now though.

so using the word spastic as an insult should go unchallenged in the interests of freedom of speech?

True, I think you are mistaking someone disagreeing with you as a leftie conspiracy.

Must make daily life quite tricky. Do you see reds under the bed everywhere you go?

And nice, I actually understand decent posters getting snipy. Some of the things being justified are so awful.

But it's the racists being intolerant. On a thread last week the Muslims were being attacked for approving (as a whole religion) of child marriages. It was farcical. Maybe that isn't racist because Islam is a religion and not a race but it was sure as hell bigoted.

No matter what various posters said, in reasoned debate, the OP carried on.

I will never think it is wrong to speak up against people who seek to harm others with their thoughtless, ill-educated words.

If that makes me part of the PC brigade then I accept the post and await my uniform.

you are talking bollock, True. Sorry, m'dear, but you are.

I could not agree with you more OP. I have one friend on facebook who has a huge number of 'friends' whose capacity for vile and bigoted comments in response to her (normal) status updates knows no bounds. Their nasty opinions end up on my news feed and I feel compelled to reply.

If someone used the word spastic in rl in front of me or my son I would rip their throats out.

Not very PC of me, though.

I always find some peoples opinions on here challenging, we are the general public you know!

Madame

No one whom I am friends with would ever use that word, I have only heard it from people I would expect to hear it from if that makes sense.

Hopefully you will never hear it.

You are right.

That's why I'm off..have done it before but always reluctantly. .this time it will be a relief.

Love to the nice people

Quitter!

Fanjo, don't go! I need backup!

Indeed DarkV, I only hear it from ignorant, rude, intellectually challenged people. who think nothing of bringing up children to swear and abuse others as a joke.

Piss poor parenting, in my book.

Fanjo, please don't!

I have a lack of empathy in RL and the internet - I always struggle trying to imagine how people feel if I haven't been in that situation. Doesn't make my opinion goady or even less valid though. I always wonder whether you develop empathy more once you have children though - a few friends of mine who are mothers cry at a lot of things.

I cry at virtually nothing and I've got 2.

YouTheCat

No. I have a childless friend who cries really easily at anyone else s misfortune. And goes out of her way to help others.

Rather naively I assumed that 'cos it was "Mumsnet" it'd be quite civilised. I've never seen the "C" word written so much in my life & I'm no blushing wallflower!!

Never met such a bunch of nasty bastards!! It's car crash forums at their best - like Jeremy Kyle online....Unfortunately I can't seem to stop coming to see what makes people tick.

Fascinating to read, some interesting & thoughtful stuff hidden in the dross, but the rest just makes me think "thank God I don't know you in RL".

In RL I'm not a particularly sympathetic or empathetic person & tend to come out with A or B solutions - this is probably magnified online TBH but hey - it's the Interweb, it ain't real life!!

It goes through phases on here, always has done. We're due a mood change on here now though surely?

I'm quite empathic (a therapist, so I ought to be) but am under so much stress and crap these days )consyant simmer) I blub at the drop of a hat.

I think the general madness around here has something to do with the change of seasons or the weather, or a full moon. Some people are just being argumentative and thoughtless for the hell of it. It's not just the 'big topics' either.

OP - we've just got a lovely fluffy kitten! The children can't decide on a name - what do you think: Tiddles or Fiddles?

Madposter - why did you get a fucking cat?

Crazyposter - I have fucking cats. Drown it now.

Normalposter - I love cats. Maybe 'Mr Fluffy'?

Madposter - you **! You should die and take all the cats with you. Have you drowned that fucking cat yet?

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Some people on mumsnet are just arseholes. HTH