Hating it on here just now. Anyone else or is it me?

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I like to soend a quiet hour on mumsnet ( OK or more ) and especially enjoy going through the whole of the SN board. I read every thread even though I only comment on AS stuff usually.

I like the fact that this is an opt in board and that usually it is a relaxed and 'safe' enviroment away from the main boards and the misunderstandings etc on the main boards.
I have found it very difficult this week that we have had an MM style invasion of people wanting to pick fights about the whole JH issue.
I am up for reasonable debate but I have found the smart arse confrontational style of the 'new' members upsetting .... actually upsetting is probably too strong a word. It has felt very much like walking down the street with DS2 and having people pointing - that terriby exposed thing you get. I guess I am used to it on the steeet so I am kind of geared up whereas stupidly ( and yes I do realise it is stupid ) I have always felt quite safe here.
The whole JH thing has just added to the way I fear for my son - the stories of people with learning difficulties being attacked for a bet are bad enough but having this whole 'people with SN are disposable' thing touted around is hideous to me.

God I am just rambling but feel the need to express my frustration.
Think I will toddle off for a week or two and come back when the bull baiters have gone....

diet? diet? oh yes im supposed to be on one of those. dh said to me on monday "I hope that subscription to ww isn't autorenewed!" .

Yep I (a frequent reader if not poster) feel the same, as if a chill wind has blown in and I have to be ultra careful how I phrase things! In fact better still keep out till the water warms up again. (Hopefully soon!)

Oh god
If the people who have trolled across are anythng to go by I wouldn't go there if it was the only support site!

I don't think people should be called trouble makers just because they disagree with the main train of thought of most mumsnetters. Not everyone thinks the same and some people who have said valid things have been insulted. It isn't only 2 people that have treated in this way, any one who disagrees have been

no fio isn;t
it is not done you know

By FioFio on Thu 13-Mar-08 13:25:14
"the people who were causing trouble were from another special needs site!!!!!!! It wasnt people from mumsnet

please everyone calm down "

so, they are not allowed? i think its a bit unfair claiming that all trouble makers are "non-mn ers". If this is the usual reception to people posting on the sn threads no wonder ts quiet.

• minority rules, jamsambam - why? do you need to be antagonistic here? is it really going to make your day?

because we have different opinions, there as been insults thrown and that is highly unfair

I've been here a while, I have 2 children with special needs, I am allowed to voice my opinions, no?

minorityrules I think in some ways you are right. But I do have to say I have found your post interesting(especialy when you mentioned lifting and handling) I just think this subject has just got people very emotional.

I'm not someone who posts very much on any board but I have posted on quite a few different mumsnets topics

I'm not upset, I just have a high fairness policy, I hate to see people spoken over, taunted and insulted just for having a different viewpoint

Some people on both sides have been rude but everyone who doesnt think JH and family is wrong no matter how they say it, are being put down, that's what upsets me

A week of suspicion, trollling and silliness by 'challengers' and a highly charged thread like the JH ones are bound to cause some antsy-ness.

people being 'normal' will help it pass all the quicker.

Minority
I think I disgree with you 100% on this issue but I have absoloutely no issue at all about you posting your views. Not that it is up to me who posts and neither do I expect you to give a toss what I think millions don't. But that was not what I postedhere about...

Jamsambam
I have absoloutely no issue with new members posting their views.
That is not what I was getting upset about.
It was people coming here with the sole purpose of starting an arguement on an issue that they know people feel emotional about.

This is a support thread and much valued by those who use it. And it is quiet because it is generally an incredibly supportive place for people posting about difficult and personal issues. I think you would struggle to find anyone with a SN problem who have posted here and been made to feel unwelcome.

which one ther is 2?

sorry my pc is being sill. i type a whole sentance and half will be missing.

the two posters who have got peoples' backs up are two posters who have joined mn to post on one thread and one thread alone. Why would someone do that if not to cause trouble?

Who are all these people and where did they come from?

Talies is posting advice/support on other threads on here now.

The culture of SN board is very different to that on the other boards on here - it's more into support than entertainment and cutting edge debate/battle of wits. Which is why newbies who emerge from thin air and only post on a contentious thread and are initially very cryptic as to their reason for posting don't really mesh with the feel of the SN board.