what's this PO stuff all about? I have just read some really vile stuff on here....

[Portofino]

Women presumably who don't have a certain sense of humour, or don't agree with certain (long standing) posters being described as beige admin workers who nag their ugly husbands, who were friendless at school, wear cheap clothes, have no fun in their sad little joyless lives etc etc Literally paragraphs and paragraphs of nastiness.

This is some of the most vile and misogynistic stuff I have ever read on MN from other women. These kind of comments normally come from trolls and MRA invasions. Is this really what MN has become? Does everyone think that this sort of shit should stand? What happened to the fucking sisterhood?

I am astounded to be quite honest.

No, Randall, it's not.
See Porto' last post for clarification.

I thought it quite clear that specifics posts were being discussed. NOT the entire thread, NOT the op

X-post porto. I don't agree with you at all but you're entitled to your opinion just as everyone else is.

I'll leave it there.

Randall. You're trying to say that the other thread was not even slightly personal and nasty about other mumsnetters?

Really?

Randal you are taking offense where there is none meant (yes I see the fucking irony, lalalala).

NO one has said the thread or the posters on it were misogynistic. Porto said that specific posts were, implying the cunty ones by McQueen.

So I am funny and lovely and make a joke about say, retards or niggers? Would that be lovely cos I a, a bit "out there" and have an excellent sense of humour? Of course it isn't. But is fine to joke about poor people, or those in shit relationships and those...etcetc.

Porto get a grip. Seriously

Funny, so you think it is fine to mock the poor and uneducated too?

Who's for a game of Whinyarse Bingo?
'You caaaan't joke about spoons, I've got one stuck up my chuffchuff and it reeeeeaalllly hurts.'

'What if you made a funny about Gandhi/Mother Theresa?'

'You mean meeee, don't you, I HATE YOU, I'm going to be sick...'

Etc.

This iscreading like a Jonathan Swift novel.

Gandhi was a bastard anyway. Just saying.

Hahahahahaha Arteggs

Oh stop dragging your cliquey detritus around mn,masquerading as what's goin on
Btw,there's no such thing as sisterhood it's a social construct to keep wimmin in wimmin place
I like people based opinion,actions,morality not gender.if you're a git I'll not like you

Just sent DH to the Spar across the road for another bottle of cheapo plonk.

And some tobacco.

He may be some time.

We still have the sparkle,if not the glitter.

Cabin

Fever

are the two words that come to my mind - it's always this time of year when everyone (in the Northern hemisphere) kicks off.

But I still think the descriptions of the PO (on that other thread ) are mighty funny - and anyone who is in denial of the existence of the PO never met my mother, her friends, my neighbour..........

I have re read it & just can't see misogony (sp?) on it. Just humor.

Porto, there is a part two to that thread, after the 1000 post one ran out of space (which I'm surprised you didn't notice [buhmm]), why don't you put your comments on there?

she can post where she likes - on the thread, on a new thread , it is up to her

Just wanted to say Ghandi was a riiight bastard.

That is all.

As I said, I am commenting on posts on one thead.

Is it ok to be nasty on one thread and we all have to see the follow up,to see that "they didn't mean it really".

After 1000 posts and all, I would have thought there was time to clarify,

There is a particular form of passive agressive behaviour which involves laughing at the expense of others then accusing them of being humourless when called on it...

I've just read this thead, I'm really not sure where I sit on this one, I'm going off to read the original thread. I've just been working on some assertiveness training though, and what's said on here brought the above to my mind.

(also, glitters a bit tacky, surely what we want is sparkle?)

I don't like it when people say that others have "decided" to be offended. You either are offended or you aren't.

To me, The term PO has a value judgement inherent, about a lack of emotional truthfulness to the offended ness, IYSWIM. So if a poster is genuinely offended, it is doubly insulting. Not only a criticism for being too easily/commonly offended, but some kind of projection or assumption as to why you are 'like that'.

I know I am over sensitive, but that is how I would take it.

V tired sorry if this doesn't make sense or relevant. Have been mulling over this thread and the 2 others.