Why aren’t you banning the far-right agitators?

[GoldMedallist]

Deleting their posts but allowing them to keep inciting racial hatred under the same accounts is making the site unusable. Why should we keep reporting them if you’re not going to do anything meaningful about it?

@MNHQ

They're popping up on another thread now too.

Enough.

The whatabout Germany one by any chance?

It really feels coordinated today

It certainly does

Yes.

I’ve had a standard reply from MN stating that most comments don’t break the guidelines so the Southport thread is allowed to stand.

Plenty do, there is no way you haven’t seen the ”oh here we go, accusations of islamaphobia”.
Almost always in quotes too, to really make it known that they don’t take it seriously.
And more often than not actine THEY are the victim for being hatefull person 🙄.
It’s crazy out here.

They need to update their guidelines.

You'd think so, but I doubt that they will.

If this is the shape of things to come on MN, then I had better start looking for another way of wasting my time. I really don't want to let the far right take over, but I don't actually think I can hack much more of it.

Seeing the sheer extent of the racism and the support for racist posters is not doing my mental health any good at all.

Just because it doesn’t suit your extremist narrative doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
Please listen to first hand accounts of witnesses rather than trying to make political points.

Bye then 👋

It's awful.

I feel like a whipping post when I push back.

Potentially , oxygen is being given to the threads. But I find it hard to be a bystander. Not in my nature.

And which witnesses would that be?

The ones interviewed by main stream media or the ones shared on social media?

No, I get it. It feels immoral to stay silent.

If you leave them to it, then that just makes it look like nobody can even be arsed to disagree.

But you can't reason with these people either, because racism has no basis in rationality and reason. You can't argue with stupid.

True facts.
I feel the same.

Just so posters know, there is now pretty good evidence that the guy arrested with the knife was an EDL thug. It has confused the patriots because he is 'half cast' [sic]. And now they can't blame him and they are even more bewildered.

Some people aren't going to easily accept MN turning in to the 21st century social media equivalent of Der Sturmer, ta.

Same here. Some of what I have read is frightening.

Might be a bit of a fight though. Is it worth it for an online forum?

Agree with this. Almost EVERYTHING on here that isn’t very left wing is deemed ‘far right’

Makes people not want to listen to you tbh

I know, but I think so. Ultimately I don't think Justine/MNHQ endorse such views and report report report does seem to be responded to quite quickly ATM.

Nah. Some of us are just calling out racism when we see it. Some of my best friends are Conservatives. (True, actually)

Some background information on yesterday's riots

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/police-believe-english-defence-league-29650424

Far right is a correct term to use