@AmberLeaf
We do welcome debate but there comes a point when we will delete a thread that has turned into a bun fight, whether there's 10 posts or 999. We're asking you to stick to our talk guidelines or we will delete this thread. In short, comment on the post, not the poster
It isn't a bunfight. MNHQ tells people to do the whole 'educate' thing in response to these sort of threads, we do and some learn a thing or two because of our posts, which is great and makes posting worthwhile, but then some people still continue posting in willful ignorance, we carry on explaining things, but it does reach a point where you wonder if it is deliberate winding up. It is a big ask to expect people to not feel upset by some of the attitudes displayed on threads like these.
I also wonder what MNHQ is basing their judgement of whether or not something is disablist on?
For example;
but we don't consider 'What about me? What am I supposed to do?' as posts which break our talk guidelines or disablist
Someone who says the above once could be considered to have no experience of the issues/ignorant to the facts/asking for advice as to what to do. But if someone says those things and gets many replies explaining things and giving suggestions as to how to deal with those problems, but still carries on with the wah wah wah posts, at what point do you accept that it is either goading or not wanting to understand? To vociferously argue that you as an able bodied parent of able bodied children shouldn't have to show any consideration to people with disabilities is disablist. It just is and I don't understand how you think it isn't.
I have found the lukewarm, non committal response to this from MNHQ incongruent with the This Is My Campaign.
Hi, Amberleaf.
We have looked through the whole thread more than once. As always, we look at threads and posts on a case by case basis. There are a fair amount of 'what about me?' type posts and we've looked at them all. We can't tell you what other action we've taken but there's always things that go on behind the scenes if we think that someone is posting to inflame/goad.
As we've already posted, we do not expect people to 'educate' others. We are aware of how tough life is already and we do not ask this of you.