To wonder what needs to happen for common sense to prevail

[RememberTheWaybaloos]

Are we as a society even capable of common sense decisions and actions anymore?

Come on Mumsnet and the vibe is often either "say it how it is", "IDGAF who I upset", "all men are evil" OR the complete opposite "don't upset anyone ever", "I'll affirm all your feelings". And that seems to be a trend in every area of life. There's this HUGE hole in between one extreme and the other of everything. Everything is black and white. Nothing has nuance or other depths or levels... I feel like I'm going a bit mad and living in a world where NOTHING is natural and real and authentic anymore. Its all presentation and identity politics... And I long, loooooooong to find a middle ground but never can!

Rant over.

YABU - Not possible/never gonna happen/not needed

YANBU - I, too, long for the day when the centre prevails

"Common sense" is usually a shorthand way of claiming that someone's personal opinion is objective truth.
A fuckton of things that used to be and still are regarded as "common sense" are bigoted rubbish, old wives' tales or provably wrong.
HTH.🙄

Do you spend a lot of time online OP? You say there is a lack of middle ground on Mumsnet but society is lacking common sense. Which is it? I ask because MN and society are absolutely not the same thing. I enjoy MN but I absolutely do not think it reflects life in general. Otherwise everyone would be leaving their partners, going no contact with sisters or telling everyone their feelings about every little thing. People have strong views online and maybe in their own heads but rarely act on them in real life I think.

I am baffled by your interpretation of common sense, to me it has been things like telling my son (7) not to walk backwards through town, not lean out when waiting at the traffic lights. Thinking through actions etc. Nothing I can think of that I would categorise as common sense could be bigoted.

Point proven

None of your examples are to do with common sense. They're to do with sweeping generalisations and perpetuating tired cliches and stereotypes.

Apart from that, I do agree that things are rarely as black and white as people bashing on a keyboard would like us to think.

Mumsnet isn't society. There's plenty of common sense in society.

MNs is an internet forum where we all get to spout opinions - anonymously.

Don't use this as a barometer of common sense or of anything.