Anti-Religious Trolling On Mumsnet

[DioneTheDiabolist]

I get that not everyone is religious and that some people are very anti-religious (some with good reasons).

But some MNetters are religious, others are simply curious. So how come so many threads are allowed to be derailed by anti-religious trolls? Today a thread about Good Friday was deleted because a troll came on. FFS, it's Easter! Threads about Islam are regularly derailed by Islamophobes. On a thread seeking information on Judaism in the Philosophy & Religion topic, a troll has posted LMFAO. Ok, serious question, why does the Jewish God make all men wear a funny beards? She continues venting for a few posts before eventually exiting the thread saying that she is on drugs because It's Easter, party time.

She is a MN regular, like most of the anti-religious trolls here. I have reported her posts but they still stand.

Trolls are not interested in knowing what other people think or believe. They have no desire to discuss the point of actual threads and rarely start threads of their own regarding their issues with religion or belief. They just derail threads in the hope of driving all talk of religion and different beliefs off MN. And they are succeeding.

Why are MNHQ allowing this to happen? Deleting threads instead of dealing with posters? Allowing blatant anti-religious trolling to derail threads that people may find supportive or informative? Is MN a religion free zone? Because if it is, that's ok. I just think that religious posters should be told. Then they can go elsewhere if they wish to discuss their beliefs.

[DioneTheDiabolist]

Thank you MNHQ. And thank you to all the contributors to this thread.

I hope that more posters report for Goady Behaviour Patterns from here on in.

[SilverBirchWithout]

BIWI thanks

[capsium]

No worries, ThirtyNine.

[ThirtyNineWeeks]

Capsium, you are right. Thank you, and apologies.

[BIWI]

For you, silver

[capsium]

Thirtynine respectfully, whilst you might have sympathy for the OP, your views on Islam are not what this thread is about. This type of diversion is what we have been talking about, it becomes more prominent in the thread than what the OP raised for discussion.

If people have issues regarding certain aspects of a faith, these are often just too big to discuss as a side issue, to another subject's thread, and would be best suited to starting a separate thread, to do the new subject justice.

[SilverBirchWithout]

Anyone got any more kitten pictures?

[ThirtyNineWeeks]

Now that's goady.

[SilverBirchWithout]

[ThirtyNineWeeks]

Just because you don't like what I say doesn't mean I'm a troll. Just because I have a disdain for Islam doesn't mean I'm a troll. I completely support the assertions of the OP.

[ThirtyNineWeeks]

Besides, the writer conveniently ignores the fact that, where terrorism exists to attempt to wipe out the 'infidels', to destroy the West....that terrorism is perpetrated by Muslims. I do not care that moderate Muslims are fed up of being tarred to the same brush. There is something inherently evil at the heart of Islam.

[BIWI]

So we're full circle back to trolling on P&R threads then ...

[BertrandRussell]

[ThirtyNineWeeks]

I really can't take seriously an article like that. Complete bollocks.

[AugustaFinkNottle]

They aren't, ThirtyNine. Have a look at this.

[ThirtyNineWeeks]

I have massive problems with Islam. I'm getting rather fed up of people trotting out 'Terrorism Has no religion.' Really? So how come the world's terrorists are Muslim?

[AugustaFinkNottle]

Anyone that does the same with Islam is immediately labelled a racist within a handful of posts.

Only if the post is identifiably racist. Posts saying that, for instance, there should not be either Christian or Muslim faith schools don't draw that type of response.

[SilverBirchWithout]

Referencing Islam in a debate about Christianity has become like Godwin's Law in that it either is being used to shut down a debate that the poster feels they are losing, or alternatively reveals their agenda in protecting 'Christian discouse' is about an inherent bigotry towards other faiths and/or ethnic groups.

Hope that's helpful enough HelpfulChap

[capsium]

Be careful, or I'll tell the story of my unsuccessful complaint to FaceBook again...

That sound like it needs putting into a whole discussion boards of it's own, never mind a separate thread, Bertrand!

[headinhands]

Anyone that does the same with Islam is immediately labelled a racist within a handful of posts.

I can easily see the difference between racism and criticism of a religion. Also, there's the stereotypical non-whiteness of a Muslim that makes people feel uncomfortable about criticising Islam. I'm not, because I know the difference.

[BertrandRussell]

The problem is that criticisms of Islam often are racist.

And at the risk of being labelled as a crashing bore, I think it is a myth that Christianity is fair game and other religions are never criticized. A cursory glance through the popular press should show you that. Be careful, or I'll tell the story of my unsuccessful complaint to FaceBook again.............

[HelpfulChap]

I am not a religious person but I do find it offensive when posters pile into Christians with impunity on here time after time.

Anyone that does the same with Islam is immediately labelled a racist within a handful of posts.

Double standards. It is quite obvious that Christians are the easy target.

[ThirtyNineWeeks]

I would call it derailment when the same haters jump into Christian threads hollering 'Christian privilege!' It happens time and time again by the same posters but I'm not sure what can be done about it; it's not like Mumsnet prohibits crashing bores with massive shoulder chips.

[capsium]

Finally, people are beginning to learn, I am always right!