Isn't it sad....

[nikki1978]

... how this election is making so many of us divide and turn on each other when presumably we all want the same things in the end?

When it comes to political discussion what do you expect?? Surely the most contentious thing of all. Really I would not get offended by anyone elses opinions here - I express my objection but would I leave MN over it? No way. We all know that MN is far from fluffy but that's something I've become accustomed to over the years. A conservative supporter was saying the other day that left wingers are 'the dregs of society' It annoyed me but political discussions are going to evoke emotive responses.

Politics has caused rifts in my family that went on for years.....

"I found it quite depressing that considering the votes were in proportion 4:5:6 (LD, Lab, Con) there were people telling LD supporters they were wrong to have voted LD if they didn't want to get power."

I agree totally. Though it got repeated so often and so quickly I kind of shut my ears to it in the end as it got repetitive and boring very quickly.

I don't think I have ever been out and out nasty to any Tories on Mumsnet even though I really dislike their policies.

I think the facelessness of internet forums makes people ruder than they would be in real life.

I do sometimes wonder, when people are being really stereotypical/ vitriolic on here about people of other political persuasions, whether they speak to their [other party] supporting friends like that. I can only conclude that-

1. They dont have any friends of any other political persuasion, which is frankly odd.

1. They arent that rude in RL

1. They are that rude and therefore dont have any friends at all.

I suspect they aren't generally that rude in RL but there may be a few who are

Certainly there's a big diversity on MN which means one might see more views interwoven in threads and that in itself causes some "us and them" possibilities if someone feels "ganged up upon".

In RL we might have a heated argument discussion but agree to differ over a few drinks.

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In RL we would probably not have 5 others voicing their (completely different) views at the same instant, so we could part with no harm done.

On here, there's a high likelihood someone will come back to take issue, and a whole new tangent will be explored!