To think you shouldn't insult someone just because they voted differently to you?

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It feels like a lot of you would feel more at home in a dictatorship.

I've seen people being called stupid, selfish etc just because they decided to vote differently

I don't care who anyone voted for. I do care that we are a nation that allows everyone to vote for who they want without the threat of violence.

Lovely. There really is no point trying to reason with that

I'm just fucking sad

I hate my country today

I hate Labour but I ended up (pointlessly) voting for the lesser of 2 evils
I fucking loathe the tories

I'm frightened of what will happen to me, I'm frightened of what will happen to the country and I'm so ashamed

One more funding cut and I will be one of those useless eaters Tory voters hate, because my job won't exist. Because of my disability I'm going to struggle keeping work search requirements & frankly, I am a capable worker but I don't interview well because of my disability and am only suitable for certain specialised, adapted roles. The job market is such that I'd struggle even without a disability.

But even if I don't get sanctioned, I will be homeless because the £138 a week I'd get in universal credit won't cover my rent & bills (and I'm not talking sky or dancing lessons here, I'm talking £79 rent (well below average for the area) + £10 water + £10 electric (optimistic) + £12 phone and internet leaving £27 to get to the doctor and the jobcentre, feed myself and buy toiletries. I estimate I spend £3/week spread out over a year just on managing my periods ffs.) The counselling at £20/week will have to go, never mind that I was sent there by the NHS who had nothing else to offer. As will my once a fortnight outings to the only gay group in the area & the only autism support group in the area, the train fares and subs are £18 a time. Never mind that I never get out otherwise.

If I'm lucky I might get a discretionary payment to top up my rent for 3 months so that I can feed myself while I look for a room in a house share. Then after that the state can fund my treatment when the stress, paranoia & anxiety caused by constant forced social interaction brings on another episode of florid psychosis like the last time I lived in a house share. Except that I no longer have a support worker due to funding, so the likelihood is that no one will notice me going downhill and I will either end up sleeping rough or dead. Even if they do, there are no psychiatric beds in hospitals anyway. This is not melodrama, this is not rhetoric, this is the kind of thing that keeps me awake at night. I can spell out the particular Tory policies that have damaged me personally, but I really don't think I should have to.

So reassuring to read this post have been quite upset about the vitriol on FB today.

wonkyandproudish i'm sorry things are so tough.

Wishing you strength and a whole heap of good luck.

ibitemythumbatyou you asked me if I could show you case of someone dying from starvation and unable to control their diabetes as a direct cause of a Conservative government, and I did.

I am curious to know your response. Is the penny dropping yet?

I have been shocked at the level of hatred on FB and MN from labour supporters. Since the results I have seen my friends on FB call Tory voters fucking idiots, scum, wankers etc etc. There have been all the RIP NHS/education posts as well.

I haven't seen one nasty post from UKIP supporters or any floaty Tory posts either.

I vote conservative now but my first vote was when I was a student, this is when labour first won the election with Tony Blair. I was literally railroaded into voting labour as it was so pushed upon me by various student groups. Looking back it was dreadful how they behaved and was so forceful. I regretted my vote and personally thought things were dreadful with a labour government but that is only my opinion and don't expect or need anyone to agree with me.

To be honest I don't want to get into a discussion on why people vote the way they do but everyone is entitled to their opinion and should not be subject to such nasty comments.

I do not publically discuss politics and I actually feel embarrassed on the behalf of some of my friends as they have certainly shown their true colours this week.

Wonky that is so sad to hear, no one should have to be subject to those sorts of struggles under any government.

Obviously no voter can possibly vote for a government who will or could do the best for everybody so presumably we vote for the party we feel can do the best for the country as a whole, for us individually and for the issues that mean the most to us, our close family and friends.

I am not selfish at all but voted in the way I thought was right, I receive no benefits at all so I am not voting to make myself richer etc etc.

Well on my feed the only bad stuff was directed towards a Green by a Tory Same in real life too. So it is not just Labour supporters who do this.

Thank you for your kind words, my head is above water for the next few months (fingers crossed).

Yanbu. I notice it a lot more among the left wing voters too. I find it very tiresome!

Have to say, contrary to what you might think from MN, I've never come across any hostility either way in Real Life. Maybe I just know nice people .

One person did "unfriend" me during the Indyref (I think it's cos I asked for evidence about something she wrote) but she wasn't really a friend - just an old school acquaintance who had got in touch again. I've made closer friends via Mumsnet and Facebook (most, but not all, of whom I've met in real life )

I do have one friend (who is on MN too) who gets very distressed by the political discussions and we have agreed to differ (and are still friends ).

No one I know has tried to impose viewpoints either way. I do have a Twibbon on Facebook and did post regular comments or shared articles, but never nastily. Only in the last couple of days did I wear an SNP badge and I only got positive comments, for example at the rugby club, if it was mentioned at all. In fact, one former Scottish editor of a publication frequently reviled on MN even made a specific comment about it, smiled and said, "I was happy to vote for them - it was a no-brainer" (I was - but it might also have been to do with how inept our MP was).

I recognise that I must live in an SNP bubble - a mixed demographic but mostly well-off professionals: doctors, lawyers, business people, teachers.....and now a few MPs!

The only time I came across rudeness when I was delivering leaflets was from a Tory couple who, having inadvertently let me in to their close, didn't want me to deliver to their flat but wouldn't tell me which one it was . I don't know what other people who let me into closes were voting - I'm sure they weren't all SNP (although a couple that opened doors in posher flats surprised me by volunteering that they'd already sent off their vote for the SNP that'll tellt me for having preconceptions ) but with that exception, they were always pleasant - and I was always polite in asking to be let in.

pretty bird it sounds like you live in a place where the benefits of independence would be most felt! It must be an exciting time there.