Aibu...... To hand out grips

[Lewwat]

From reading MN this morning I fully expected on leaving the house to see people rushing around in a state of hysteria. To see sobbing, devastated people unable to look their daughters in the eye on the school run.

Nope.

Have a grip

seek The most powerful man in the world... You think he will make every decision off his own bat? He's a puppet - and the majority of the Republicans pulling his strings don't even like him.

Applause for ItShouldHaveBeenJess... absolutely bang on the money. We weep and wail and yes, handwring, for an election result in America when the UK is in its own complete mire of mess.

People who are 'distraught' and 'depressed' really should be the ones giving chatboards a miss. As has already been said, many of the d&d would have been so with a Hillary win too.

Not that easy to dodge the threads either; there have been some right stealthy little blighters sneaking in because the OP just has to be heard and needs the traffic!

Keep your grip and maybe have a instead. People come on here to express themselves, sometimes to express things they'd rather not in RL. It is actually OK to use words like 'devastated' and 'appalled' and it doesn't automatically make you a drama queen.

Well that's hyperbole. There are not legions of people wearing black. But there are plenty of people on mumsnet who are distraught over NHS cuts, child poverty and abuse, mental health issues, the treatment of women ... I could go on...

Have you ever started a thread about any of the above issues, BTW? Or is your virtue signalling contained to this thread?

Are we only allowed to discuss stuff that happens in the UK on here then?

'But what I'm not is devastated, appalled, wondering how I'm going to cope today

The reactions of some are ludicrous and that is what I'm pointing out. '

In your opinion. Which counts like a fart in the wind. Get over yourself.

It may seem melodramatic but surely it's better to care and therefore take an interest in it, than to pretend it doesn't exist and ignore it?
This whole election has had an impact on many nations - with a man with the views he has at the helm of the USA how many people will take that for permission to act as he has acted, to treat people as he has treated them?
I suspect the ''drama" is more about the consequences of having such a person in a massive position of power.
After Brexit we were shocked at people suddenly being attacked in the street, being told to go home, being hounded and terrorised for looking/ sounding/ being different but how could anyone be shocked if there is a surge in those sorts of things now in America? Then those attacks are featured on the news and people in other places/ countries get ideas of horrible things they can get away with.
I'm not American, I'm not devastated, but I am concerned about the future

Aww, chicky - you nailed your colours to the mast when you used the Tory lingo 'virtue signalling' (I guess they came up with the term because in their little world, they really don't understand why some people might actually give a shit about others - having never done it themselves). No, I haven't started any threads but I've been on plenty - the recent one about the benefits cap, for example.

"Hand out a grip to the Baltic states!

Hand out a grip to Muslims!

Hand out a grip to Mexicans!

When you've finished choke on this "

I agree with you Elendon and I would add to your list 'Any woman who has been sexually assaulted'

Beautifully put, Karlos.

monkey. I get your point, but I think the OP is rightly or wrongly, gently mocking the extreme consternation shown on here today while being fully aware that next week, the hand-wringing will be over someone's car parked badly, yet another obnoxious MIL or a few 'terrible teachers'. But we'll see.

They get outraged about an election in America. It distresses and depresses them. Much hand wringing and emotional turmoil.And yet, they couldn't give a flying fuck about homelessness in our country, about child poverty, about cuts in benefits for the disabled, about the shoddy treatment of the elderly, the collapsing NHS and an education system which consistently fails vulnerable kids

This is untrue and illogical. Being depressed about the US election and caring deeply about the vulnerable in our own country are not mutually exclusive.

To take three areas you mentioned: the elderly, vulnerable children and the education system: my partner works in raising awareness around dementia, I work with supporting vulnerable adults and children and my father worked in the education system for over 30 yrs...
All three of us reacted this morning to the news about Trump's victory with distress and despair. You are foolish if you don't understand that we live in a global world, this victory for Trump will have knock on effects for that global world and ergo for all of us here in the UK but mostly for the vulnerable and weak.

Yes of course malparkage is absolutely equivalent in our minds to a total fucking maniac being in control of the worlds most powerful country.
Because we're women aren't we? Inherently trivial. Not possible we could have well grounded, well reasoned concerns about this.

So I guess none of you would be distraught about yet more dead Palestinian babies and children, as Hillary pledged her allegiance to 'support Israel'?

I also think the OP lacks insight into the finer points of international relations. Not to mention a lack of empathy for people who are genuinely affected by the results.

I don't live in the UK, or the US, but in a country with a very shaky government that is very reliant on US aid, which Trump has said he'll cut. People here are also shocked and worried and I feel for them.

The affect on the UK might not be as immediate but there will be an impact. To minimise other people's concerns with goady, tired statements about needing grips is unkind and patronising, not to mention a bit thick as it demonstrates a lack of understanding in the world around them.

No Jess, that's right. Being extremely concerned about this election result means I like nothing better than dead Palestinian babies. Checkmate

itshould I can see that might have been the intention, though honestly the phrasing has probably rubbed people up the wrong way so that it doesn't sound mocking as much as it sounds rude, offensive and intending to start a thread that has people being aggravating to one another.
I don't doubt that mn will continue to be flooded with threads of things people are annoyed at, have experienced or what have you, because life goes on and there is nothing that can be done now, but I do still think it's there like an undercurrent of worry

"So I guess none of you would be distraught about yet more dead Palestinian babies and children, as Hillary pledged her allegiance to 'support Israel'?"

Don't be hysterical. What do you want people to say? No, couldn't give a shit about dead babies.

Checkmate!

It's not a fucking game! I dislike Trump, I dislike Clinton - I would have been equally unhappy whoever one. You can't deny that there are people who get caught up in political drama and then lose interest a week later. I'm not saying that's true of those on this thread but I'm afraid it happens. Once the initial 'excitement' dies down, people wander off back to their lives and forget about it.

*Hand out a grip to the Baltic states!

Hand out a grip to Muslims!

Hand out a grip to Mexicans!

Hand out a grip to any woman who has been sexually assaulted'

When you've finished choke on this *

There you go.

How on earth did this thread become about Israel

The thread hasn't become about Israel. There was just one hysterical post asking if the posters on this thread like dead babies.