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To think that Nick Griffin is misunderstood and actually a nice chap?

824 replies

carrotsarenottheonlyvegetable · 29/04/2010 11:25

I heard him being interviewed this morning on the Today programme.

Firstly, it turns out he's not racist or against immigration! Apparently, he says it's ok for French people to come here (there's not that many that want to so its ok). AND he says that Irish people can come here too because they're really all British! So that's nice. I was a bit confused because I thought they'd spent all those years bombing us because they didn't want to be British but I guess I've got that all wrong.

He's not going to let Algerian asylum seekers come though, but I don't think it matters because they'll just get killed where they are in their own country so that won't be a problem for them much longer.

And the best thing is... he's going to give £50,000 to anyone who's not "pure British" to leave the country and go back to where they came from! How cool is that! So I'm now deciding whether to go back to my Great-Grandmother's origins in Russia, or my Great Grandfather's in Finland. Now, apparently this money is going to come from what he called stupid anti-Climate Change projects so although much of Russia and pretty much all of Finland is a bit chilly, as the climate changes because they money is being spent on me, they'll get warmer and I'll be all toasty!

Brilliant!

OP posts:
scottishmummy · 02/05/2010 20:18

dp you utilise a lot of unconscious defence mechanisms.namely projection

risible that you play the victim,rounded upon by the mn pack.simply not true,but you need to deflect your own uncomfortable feelings

and in actuality i have seem worse name calling and insults on a feeding thread.think you have overall been treated reasonably.despite the emotive content

im not a fan of banning

not keen so keen on troll labels,doesn't matter to me.sometimes the debate can overtake the op motives.the debate is important not allegations of troll

Aitch · 02/05/2010 20:18

yup

Aitch · 02/05/2010 20:19

there is no debate, sm. there is only sly, knowing, purposeful offence.

scottishmummy · 02/05/2010 20:21

think some v cogent points have added to debate on here

Aitch · 02/05/2010 20:22

not made by dp there haven't. nor responded to by dp. hence no debate.

LeninGrad · 02/05/2010 20:22

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scottishmummy · 02/05/2010 20:29

i think dp bigs herself up,amplifies views and gets gratification from the ensuing posts

RunawayWife · 02/05/2010 20:29

I'm not trolling I can't help saying what I say.

Um have you been tested for Tourettes DP?

LeninGrad · 02/05/2010 20:30

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daftpunk · 02/05/2010 20:33

LG; I have been posting on political type threads for about 6 months.....I've stopped talking to people really, I used to post on loads of threads and just have a laugh...I think a few people even liked me..? but alot of political stuff happened all at once. The BNP on Question Time, the Liberals wanting homosexuality taught in faith schools, the equity bill...so I cut myself off and just concentrated on those issues...

I am a loner by nature...

Aitch · 02/05/2010 20:34

btw re "...I stay off most of MN...I stick to one type of thread..."

i'm not sure how you think that this is helping at all? surely this is the problem? you're a single issue poster, and the purpose is to offend (and get off on the attention).

you'd make a better case for not being a troll by contributing across the boards, but then it would be hard to attract as much attention if you were just helping some woman buy a new fridge freezer or advising another about driving to cardiff with two kids in the back...

scottishmummy · 02/05/2010 20:36

dont know if this is dp habitual pattern,but no one should be tolerated making globally offensive statements of course not

because mn is largely self regulatory posters need to exercise their judgement and report

Aitch · 02/05/2010 20:38

it's definitely the form for dp, sm. hence the warnings from mnhq presumably.

Lulumaam · 02/05/2010 20:39

people generally find it hard to like or continue liking people with neo fascistic poitns of view, who are self proclaimed activitst for a generally reviled party

eatsushi · 02/05/2010 20:39

yes as I have been shocked at the wide ranging hate filled comments that come from dp across many threads.

daftpunk · 02/05/2010 20:41

I don't want to talk about fridge freezers or driving to Cardiff...who does..?

noddyholder · 02/05/2010 20:42

There is something strange about a political activist with strong views that the general population find abhorrent being so willing to play the 'poor me' card as soon as the going gets tough.The more I see of DP the more I am coming to think it is all posture and based on nothing apart from a real need for attention

scottishmummy · 02/05/2010 20:43

so answer the bnp questions put to you dp. and stop bellyaching about being a victim

Lulumaam · 02/05/2010 20:43

actually, lots of people do

today, apart from this thread, i've been on one about weaning, one about postal votes, one about someone preggnant with an unsupportive partner, yesterday i was on this thread and on one about MH issues, i've recently been on a thread about fascinators.. you know, general chit chat

it is fairly normal to want to discuss the mundane aspects of day to day life

scottishmummy · 02/05/2010 20:44

i think this is bluster and attention seeking dp

daftpunk · 02/05/2010 20:45

SM; I have answered them a million times...and I am not playing the victim card....I just said someone was being nice.....

Lulumaam · 02/05/2010 20:45

especially as DP would not clarify her role as an activist

am aware that this could potentially look like a lot of people piling in to get at DP..

i feel a bit uncomfy, not sure why...

Aitch · 02/05/2010 20:47

lol. see how you do that? focus on the one part of the post that you can easily bat away while ignoring the actual point of it? we should add that to your list of behaviours.

where are we up to now? off the top of my head...

causes offence

denies offence

turns nasty

turns victim

begs to be educated

avoids issue

'im just a normal mum'

denies previous posts

singles out posters for 'why do you hate me'/'thank you for treating me as human being'

ignores bulk of post in order to bat away minor point

what else?

Kaloki · 02/05/2010 20:47

Daftounk we've all listened to your views, we've all tried to engage with you.

What we've had in return is when you aren't ignoring us you are insulting us.

You have never extended us the same courtesy!

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