Foul language on Mumsnet…

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Foul language on Mumsnet?

Having newly registered with Mumsnet I am dismayed, after perusing uTube and other forum sites where obscenities constantly pop up, to note use of foul language on this ?family site?.

I reported the swearing, specifically, where ?arseholes? was utilised as a reference to political parties.

The return I got from Mumsnet HQ was ??we don't think we
should be the arbiters of what people should find offensive and what
they shouldn't.? and ??We generally find it's better to let the boards self-
police??

May I engage you all in a quick survey?

Hands up all those that deem ?ARSEHOLES? as an offensive expression that should not be used on these boards??

Thank you?

Hands up those that deem ?ARSEHOLES? inoffensive??

Thanks?

Looks like the arseholes have it!

Blimey, pretty impressive language going on now... do you kiss your children with those mouths!

She probably doesn't like bumsex either...

everyone likes bumsex.....

Ok who are you OP?

Cocklodger? or turd burgler?

My coffee is now all over my screen, fuck sake!

YABU OP, this is the whole point of MN, you can express yourself freely.

I agree Netmums may be a better site for you. Off you trot!

IMO the phrase "cunt bubble" isn't used often enough in daily life.

crackfox - that's a good one and i shall endevour ro use that today, thank you for sharing..

I think people hide behind anonynmity here and doubt if they would be so uncouth in real life.

I drop the odd swear word into my real conversations, but there are some words that I would never use.

I also think many posters enjoy being provocative/attention seekrs and are maybe shrinking violets in real life.

Overall, my personal view is that there is too much swearing on this forum- all it does is show a limited vocabulary. (disappears up own backside.)

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh we are in trouble haha

I don't swear much in RL (mainly the odd 'shit' and 'fuck' hissed under breath when I do something really stupid, like drop a jar of thousands of tiny beads all over the floor where my baby-who-puts-everything-in-her-mouth is crawling...like a minute ago!).

On MN, I eff and blind like a navvy. It's therapeutic.

I never swear in RL converstions, it sounds vile, i also dont go around calling myself vinegartits or terrywoganscock

and that is because RL is not the same as here, and swearing in text is not the same as saying it or hearing it

Off with you to fuck then!

Don't let the door hit you on the arse.

Agree ratherupsetfriend, arn't most comedians manic depressives off stage ? I cringe at the stupid names people give themselves on here, and the bumsex threads just make me yawn....

Family site? um which part is for the children?

They have cbeebies, go whinge if there is swearing on there and leave us adults to do what the fuck we like

I do agree though reffering to politicians as arseholes is out of order, they need a much stronger word!

I agree nobber is a good word my 5 year old thinks so too.

OH Vinegar you have spoilt my iamge of you now!!! I have been meeting people lately and waiting to meet someone called Vinegartits bollocks!!!!!

I love that I can freely use fuck, shit, bollocks, weightwatchers and Scunthorpe without having to arse about putting accents over the letters

YABFuckingU.

Thanks for the quote cyteen, now i just have to wait for another thread so i can say "calm the fuck down or fuck the fuck off"

while i think mnhq gave you the right answer and while i do swear in rl, i do find the professed great love of swearing on here a bit moronic.

"I also think many posters enjoy being provocative/attention seekrs and are maybe shrinking violets in real life."

yabu
this isn't a family site and imo swearing is not a big deal

But isn't the moronic immaturity of the swearing the very thing that is so appealing?

It's a complete joy to have one little corner of your life where you're not having to be 'the grown up'.

But no matter how wide your vocabulary or how sophisticated your use of language normally is, nothing quite beats a good 'Fuck!' to release tension, Aitch.

not to me, i don't want to hang out with teenagers who think that bumsex is an inherently hilarious word.

It's as if a lot of mn take pleasure in seeing how many times they can say fuck in their posts and how many different ways they can use it in the sentence.
Childish. You sound like a lot of year 9s let loose on an anonymous forum.
Grow up.

completely, mrsmattie, like i say i do swear in rl and on here occasionally for comic effect. not in an argument, though, that's when you've lost it. but i don't find it hilarious per se.