Mumsnet behaviour-is it a police state?

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Hello, I've been lurking on Mumsnet for some time now but finally decided to post having been horrified at the reception that some people have received.

I always assumed that, within reason, mumsnet would be a place for parents/carers to come and, mostly anonymously, discuss their concerns. Over the last few weeks I have seen some ghastly behaviour from mns against innocent posts.
Are some of you out there assuming the mantle of "mumsnet police" and if so should you not announce that fact?

Why are people so aggressive? I've researched some of the more aggressive posters and it seems that there is a pattern to their behaviour.
If you disagree with a post or challenge its viewpoint perhaps you should just make it known and move on-berating people for their view or concern seems wrong to me.

There are lovely people on mumsnet and its such a shame that there are others who seem to get too busy and bully people into submission when they don't agree with them

Twiglett, I don't really know myself but everybody got VERY SHOUTY INDEED

Bloody hell

Baby modelling anyone?

FMF, I hereby appoint you Chief MN Long Thread Summariser! That was marvellous!

oh what a fab precis fish o' the moon .. thank you kindly

ok .. here's my bit

it is a police state .. now fuck off

if you're still here .. welcome, you'll fit in

Cheers HM, don't mind if I do! (I used to do this for a living, only the material was never this interesting )

Greensleeves are you a codette
effing brave to admit it

Aw Twig, you totally out-edited me...rrespec'

if i stink of fish
am i a codette

Twig, I'm sitting here ploughing through this and enjoying it, but best of all I'm eating a packet of twiglets. 2 for 1 in Morrissons, taste great, not too fattening so you can have 2 packets at once (going off for the 2nd one now...)

wow, I've killed a riveting thread with the talk of eating twiglets....

yes, my Sunday is a bit boring today!1

Well I don't stink of fish

not to my knowledge anyway

As its been decided its a police state....can we bail bovverboots NOT to return?

I wasn't going to post on this thread - though I have read the whole damn thing - but just wanted to reassure Pollyanna that I had no idea you say Fitty Cent instead of Fifty Cent either

At least I knew he was part of a modern popular music ensemble.

Actually i had no idea about 50 cent either....nor did my ultra hip younger sister thank god..i was beginning to feel very old indeed

Can't believe this thread has 440 posts. What a petty bunch of tossers we are

i didn't know about 50 cent either - but then have never had any reason to say it out loud anyhow
I did thoroughly enjoy TaiTai's tip to look up 'fuckwit' on Google though

apparently you can say Fiddy Cent too! I suspect I'm better off with Radio 4.

Can I just say - bovverboots, please do not (supposedly) stick up for me in any way ever again. Thank you.

stop trying to get rid of bovver! no matter how much she gets on your tots!

It's taken me 20mins to read the posts since I last posted.

Fitty cents? Nah, way to old for this now. How do you say Terry Wogan in popular culture then?

Senora - true.

But better education alone was never the only part of the jigsaw. Broadly again (obviously with exceptions) working-class graduates have always earned less than middle class ones. This may of course be to do with the industry sectors they chose.

PMSL about fifty cents
what a tosserish way to decide if omsoen is street or not
i find the suasage roll test is the best

Go on cod - what is the sausage roll test

the sausage roll think really gets on my tits actually....lazy labelling.

Well, I had heard of him, but didn't know how it was pronunced. Pmsl @ marthamoo, 'part of a modern popular music ensemble'...