Is mumsnet right wing?

[BrilloPadHairball]

There are so many benefits bashing threads on here I’m really starting to wonder. Do the majority of people posting on mumsnet lean heavily to the right?

They are not being given them any more though are they?

Legally no.

In England.

The 'lets not sterilise new confused kids' club is still very niche.

I agree. So far down a rabbit hole they can't see where they've ended up.

I think they come across as very knowledgeable, just with a different perspective to you. It's very thought provoking to read.

The overlap between the American Christian Right and the UK Right are becoming ever more obvious.

It certainly gets response from those who are not GC

It veered too much outside reasonable to me

Is not agreeing that people have a right to 'choose' not to contribute to society right wing? I don't think so. I believe in 'from each according to ability and to each according to need', which is a socialist perspective.

Using taxpayers' money to fund corporations that don't pay enough and simultaneously subsidise people who prefer to work part time but can't afford to live on a P/T salary doesn't help society as a whole, and nor does paying National Insurance Credits to people who stay at home with children. I don't see that as a right wing way of thinking. If everyone worked according to ability and paid tax according to income/wealth, there would be enough to help those who are unable to do so (as opposed to choosing not to), and more people would be contributing to society in practical ways as well as financially, by dint of doing jobs that produce goods or provide services.

That was me. Not a "they". When MNHQ started moving all trans threads to FWR it meant other feminist threads were drowned out.

I was an extremely active poster on FWR at the time. I posted there less afterwards because the trans threads were repetitive and not that interesting to me.

I'll take it as a compliment that some posters seem to find my posts threatening enough to keep notes on what I've posted in the past and imply I'm part of some kind of shadowy "they" with insider knowledge in 2018 about how the boards would be in 2024 😂It's pretty mind blowing for me given I'm a random middle aged, centre left, feminist mum with a long standing weakness for MN.

@Brefugee

coming from TRAs it really is too much that we are not allowed to define our own terms. "Scolding" is EXACTLY what it is. And along with the having made us have one tiny part of MN to discuss issues that worry us, calling us the c-word (three letter version) when we have repeatedly asked not to, trigger happy reporting etc etc

Are you implying you can't play by your own rules? It really isn't hard: don't use misogynistic terms. I do my absolute best to do that when posting - why can't you do the same?

Simply because I have a different opinion to you doesn't automatically make me a TRA. And I very rarely report. (Trolls, usually.)

Ha! Rude. Also not true. You do yourself no favours with this. Actually I find it pretty hurtful. Lots of posters on that board gave me support at a very difficult time in my life and about very difficult topics.

Well it baffles me that you fail to see any nuance in my position if you have read any of my posts.

I am on record saying that I don't like the thought of children going down medical pathways myself (although I recognise there are times when this is important), and that I would rather nobody felt the need for this.

That's doesn't mean I can't challenge the transphobia that does exist.

With regard to the trans issue, it is not transphobic to actually not give a monkeys what these people wish to identify as . I don't believe in prejudice for trans people in terms of work , or being picked on in public , they have a perfect right to quiet enjoyment of life- however I think it's perfectly acceptable that other women question aspects such as competing in sports, open areas in changing rooms , pushing the narrative with young people

My gay friends have all said they feel the same too being constantly linked in with this in the publics mind and a couple of them are no longer interested in pride as they say it's just totally trans dominant.

I'm not a man or an "other" thanks.

it tells me that all those posters demanding a split saying they felt they couldn’t start posts on the above subjects were lying

Where all those threads they wanted the topic for 🤔

😥

You include yourself in the overall description then. Fine by me.

It’s a really insulting implication that if your opinion differs you’re not a woman. Apparently you only count as one if you hold particular views and you can’t possibly be a feminist.

I’m not excluding pp in this, the opposite.

It’s not news feminism attracts this not just from men.

Quoting in relation to pp

It appeared pretty pointed. Maybe you were referring to different posters, in which case it would help to be clear as opposed to throwing out generic insults.

It's very weird.
In real life I'm perceived as a radical "strident" feminist and a transphobe.
On here those same views get me called a man and not a genuine feminist.

God knows how it comes across to liberal and intersectional feminists.

Well it’s going by posts and if that’s the feedback then maybe it’s the posts

I tend to assume woman on mn, unless declared or obvious

So no I don’t assume pp below are male

Same. In person I get laughed at because I’m a conundrum - a lifelong feminist and socialist who’s also a monarchist. It only seems to be online that you have to conform to a stereotype.

I didn't say any of that. Try again. 🙄

@hayleyrabbit

I didn't say any of that. Try again. 🙄

Apologies. That was AlisonDonut. Thankyou for the polite reminder.

Yes it's bloody amazing really! And desperate.

I only know it was you because you posted a link to the fucking thread!