dear mn hq, please could something be done about the anti sn posts on mn

[2shoes]

as I know you are aware(I have the emails) people from the sn community have left this week, due to the vile things that have been said to the/or about SN.
isn't it time that mn hq took some steps to eradicate this, as you do with trolls? surely disablist/anti sn/ personal attacks should be deleted and something done about the posters.
or do we just keep loosing well informed, SN educated people from mn.
(no I can't link to a thread as there has been too many)

You can have a child in a wheelchair that is NT, it's not shorthand for disabled.
In the same way that if your child is quadriplegic after a car accident, they are still NT, but now disabled.

M

POG in fairness on MN it has become shorthand for disabled

I don't want to turn this thread into another bunfight. I can only lose it seems.

'POG in fairness on MN it has become shorthand for disabled'

I know, but that's because so many of us have children on the spectrum. But there are hundreds more that have children with a disability who are NT, and they are all as significant and need to be considered without shorthand.

BunnyWunny Fri 09-Sep-11 18:39:42
OH REALLY! Some of you are SO wrapped up in you PC bubbles that nobody can say anything without offending you!

I LOL at WidowWadman's use of "unspecialneedsy", NOT because the term itself is funny or because I find SN funny, BUT because of the how I knew many of the posters on MN would react to it!

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I think that this kind of poster should have her knuckles rapped and told to behave herself.

And a good look taken at her other posts to see if she often makes comments like that.

'I don't want to turn this thread into another bunfight. I can only lose it seems.'

But you have thought and reconsidered what you said, and are perhaps beginning to understand why this is such an emotive issue for many.
Which also shows that you are a more considerate and reflective person than I thought you on first acquaintance.

WW, I'm afraid, I don't buy it. "unspecialneedsy" is childish and sneering. What is so difficult about saying "without special needs".

It's not rocket science.

i have seen posts from mnhq on other threads today, so why they cant take the time to reply to this thread as well i dont know? i think it says a lot tbh.

peachy that will show some solidarity, but i am debating starting a thread for people to stand up and be counted, but am unsure as to which section to post it in? aibu would of course get most replies, but not necessarily the kind we want........

Hi all,

We are aware of this thread and we will have a look tomorrow when we are all back in the office.

Please do keep posting, we always appreciate feedback both good and bad.

Best
MNHQ

Tbh the worst part of the threads are seeing posters getting upset, a few trying to support then, a few banging on regardless because they seem oblivious to the fact that their position is quite offensive but a cowpoke of choice bigots who then piggy back the thread to be vile.

If the people who are not intending to offend and are just voicing their view would have the bollocks to denouce the nasty fucker, then they would be shouted down.

I have no wish to pick on widowwadam because I respect her decision to discuss this but, in that thread, had widowwadam chosen to say "fuck off bunnywunny, that is not what I meant" it would have isolated the nasty shit and glitter would have felt less attacked.

If you stand alongside the arse and don't condemn them then it is as if you agree. Surely?

Am going to break my ban to just explain why i left..then I will leave again.

It's not just THIS post, every time I post on here almost the eedjits appear and as soon as I mention SN I get goaded, sneered at, and I feel bullied.

The disablist comments start, I get angry and they laugh at me.

It's nice to read all the support on here but it wasn't there on that thread really, some people were nice but more said "why are you being oversensitive Fanjo" and one even said "Noone was rude on this thread".

The real straw that broke this camel's back however was the sneering about my daughter's regression.

Someone said "distressing regression, is that a diagnosis".

If anyone can imagine your child losing all their skills just before they turn 3, this is not a subject I wish to be used to make jibes at me.

I used to LOVE MN and enjoy posting supportive/funny things but now all I seem to do is post angry stuff because of the "eejits". It is not fun now.

..my SELF IMPOSED BAN of course, I am not banned

have just read glitters thread. What a pair of absolute cunts.

4madboys only if you shoulders are wide enough, just be gently warned (and appreciated)

kerry glitetr started a thread asking why there was news about new punishments for truancy that only mentioned what would be done to aprents on benefits.

It satrted on all benefit claimants

then to SN kids / benefits becuase Glitter and maybe me I don;t know were there

and then deteriorated rapidly though i removed myself early on

'Oh and I once started a thread under a different name in Chat explaining my ds's "invisible" disability and what it means to us on a day to day basis and what we are up against. I got some amazing responses it is true - 70 of them. Of all the posters on MN only 70 wanted to respond to me and some of them were convos that I got into with various posters so repeat posts. Now if I had started a thread regarding a racist incident or a sexist incident or about homeless people, which I did once and got hundreds and hundreds of posts I would have, quite rightly, been overwhelmed with sympathetic and caring responses. It seems that prejudices have a pecking order and I don't think those with SN even appear on the list, certainly not on MN anyway.'

Just to answer this - as a constant lurker I would be very reticent to post about something I know very little about, and would be worried about offending through ignorance as this is such an emotive subject. I'm not disputing what you say, just trying to offer a reason for it.
Also, am I right in thinking that SN doesn't appear in Active?

FWIW I do agree that there appear to be some massive double standards occurring, and I hope something does get done about it.

X post Fanjo didn't realise you were here. I can see why you are so upset, it's awful here at the moment.

also, anyone wondering why i left would be advised to look for spiderpig8's comment about the disabled on a recent theme park thread

I hadn't come here to play the victim, but to apologise.