pagwatch - second time in 24 hours that I've applauded your posts.
The vitriol, bias, sneering and chippy attitude toward anyone middle class/upper middle class on this site is astonishing.
We've had recent sniping threads on Eton making it's playing fields available to a local state school, constant negative references to 'yummy mummies', topic of 'does this smack of rich young man goes to visit paupers', sweeping generalisations about those who drive 4x4s, constant sniping at those who dare send their child to a private school, sneering at David Cameron because he's posh, educated and went to Eton (and then moving on to more substantive issues like his policies), furious posts about inheritance tax and those who have enough assets to be charged it, etc.
I think most middle class M'netters either make an attempt to downplay/hide their circumstances, post on topics where background/economics aren't evident/don't matter, or don't post at all.
It is beyond tiresome, and I find it deeply offensive. Whatever happened to tolerance and coming together based on the common experience of being women and mothers? When did these differences become a reason to attack someone?
As an 'oldie', i see that many of the posters who I would characterise as middle class or professional no longer post here. I think the atmosphere described above is alot of the reason. Inverse snobbery is poisonous to Mumsnet, and is now the norm rather than the exception.
I've thought about starting a thread called how/why it has become a sin to be middle class on Mumsnet but know it will only degenerate into personal attacks and more sneering/sniping.
I bet anyone who responds to this will flame me, rather than reflecting on whether what i say is true....