to be sick of hearing the 'CLASS' card played on mn?

[mumzyof2]

Is it just me? Or is anyone else sick of hearing the class divide thing mentioned on here?
As soon as someone mentions disciplining children, supermarkets , etc, it turns into a big class debate!

Why?

Why, in this day and age, when there is such a MASSIVE range of people no living in the UK, do we still give a flying toot about peoples class?

I think you can omly get insulted so much before you have to reply and 'play the class card' as you put it.
I just get tired of not having my opinion heard and of people lumping everyone together- like all wc are poor, uneduacated and have abuse problems-well, tes some do but alot are in well paid jobs, have a great education and care about the environment.
Sorry, I don't want to start this again but these lazy generalisations are what really piss people off.

I think you'll find, dizie, that the MC people on this thread would find your assumption that they read the Daily Mail somewhat amusing

I read it, of course.

I think you need to chill out. That post was rather ... angry.

yes, and lazy generalisations such as 'you all think you're the dog's bollocks' piss others off too. and was designed to, i might add.

This is why:

the majority of Mumsnetters:

don't smack

don't argue with their husbands if they indeed have any,

and simply dont do anything because they are on here all of the time!

Only read the OP.

Yes, it is tiresome and a real yawner, the whole 'class' thing.

It's boring, too.

ayyyyyy-men, expat.

Class Schmass i dont give a flying feck frankly

Moony's thread is far more fun, all! And it's so far been light-hearted.

Come along.

bewarethemugtrees

i think you all have an inferiority complex. no matter what your start in life, if you work hard enough you will have a good life - there is no excuse - why work one job when you can work two?

whilst working those two jobs study for a degree, a masters ( that you wll have to fund) and a PHD ( self funded) between the hours of 1am and 1,30 am over 20 years at te university of pheonix.

after all on council esates parent onlyparet by force. walk down a MC street - sya someone with a PHD and they paret much better becuase education gives one analytical skills that on needs fr parenting. after all i can give up shoppingat waitrose for lent and give my money to the deserving poor whilt we taret our parenting resources at council estates ( where they beat fuck out of kids) becuase those of us who have PHDs, shop at waitrose or consider OURSELVES to be middle class - dont need the resorces spent on s - bcuase e much rather have our head up our arses

Agreed, it's a right yawn. This last week it has felt as if Mumsnet is having a class war. I'd rather talk about makeup and thats not my thing either.

Expat, you say so much by saying so little. Agree 100%.

Tis very yawnsome.

I enjoy pigeon-holing people into two main groups:

1. Horrid ignorant rude arrogant f&@^s
2. Pleasant warm considerate courteous folk

Either can be of any financial situation/education/up-bringing/supermarket persuasion.

Aren't those of us who have to make a living working class these days? I consider being called middle class a huge personal insult.
And another thing, inverted snobbery is just as odious as the conventional kind.

Yes, very sick of all the silliness on MN. Very basic and tribal. Much rather talk about music/hot men/clothes/lovely baby stuff.

As an expat child who's returned to the the UK, all I can say it's very English (not sure about Wales and Scotland as have limited experience) to worry about this completely intangible thing called "class". I think if as a country we focussed more on decent core values (being friendly, contributing to our society, caring about others, etc...) instead of where we all do our shopping, we'd probably get along a lot better.

fwiw, I don't actually believe in class; they're a handy way of keeping people busy trying to stay, rise above, or avoid their perceived social group. Class in my view belongs in the same place as eugenics and ingrained racism: in history books as a fascinating way people had of feeling superior to others.

ps: I think people of any background can display "snobbery". Whether or not something is snobbish seems entirely subjective. Pulling the snobbery argument is cheap and impossible to counter. Accepting the existence of "inverse snobbery" postulates the existence of an accepted hierarchy, in which one "group" is morally superior to another; so inverse snobbery can go as well in my book.

This is really quite a tribal country.

lol walden yapp
nail on head moment there!

my lovely monster its so true, there are people here i truly dont agree with or have uspet! and they turn out NICE you find out that and like them though not maybe agree

there are other feckers who should just put their P60 and property portfolio, fat bank statement on their profile and be done with it...
they make it dull cause they are dull
living a plastic tedium of a life, with not much class either

swearing off waitrose for lent to go to 'tesco, the poor people's shop'

Quattro is very late into this debate - did someone really give up Waitrose for Lent and describe Tesco as the poor people's shop?

Did they really?

Gosh

Who did that then?

some silly twit trying to be smart, quattro, pay them no heed.

Custy

You are talking nonsense, and I know you are talking nonsense deliberately. It's much more fun when you are talking sense, which is most of the time. You need your rhubarb

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no someone said that - shit you not.

they did

quite a newbe regular - i cant name becuase i get posts deleted like that

i do need rhubarb but she is off out tonight - whilst i am in bed with flu - what kind of a friend does that?

got fck all to do with actually shopping at waitrose really has it?

thats not EVEN the issue

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Girls, girls, girls - seriously in danger of going off on one. What's wrong with everyone.....why can't we all just join hands in spiritual love and understanding? Sharing in the warmth and human insight our mutual motherhood has bestowed upon us?

PS Waitrose rocks. Do they have rhubarb at the moment?