Justine has called anti-Meghan sentiment here deranged

[vera99]

In the Telegraph today got to be worth a thread of its own. She is of course right !

i dont want to discuss state of nhs, poverty etc, i want light relief!

The square brackets indicates an editorial addition, not what Justine said. A bad and incorrect addition as it happens.
I'm disappointed that Justine used the word cis though.

She is right. It's very strange. I'm actually pleased that Justine has acknowledged it.

Yeh if that’s all people want to talk about that’s up to them

Topics make it easy to hide what you don’t want to see

Why does it need to be supportive? Why shouldn’t it be challenging and provoking.

I don’t come on MN for support, or rarely I do.

I like a good political debate. It helps me set my political and moral compass and makes me reflect on what I deem to believe.

in fact it’s helped me shape who I am. That’s amazing.

MN can be savage. That’s the beauty of it.

I actually think these threads have taken off in part because people are desperate for light relief and to have a break from the misery of the NHS, cost of living, Ukraine etc, after three years of Covid too.

I think after the Netflix snorefest people thought the book would be in the same vein but no one could have anticipated Harry talking about his frostbitten knob, and managing to piss of the Taliban. The Windsors seems tame in comparison.

Agree, it's like the Daily Mail comment section these days.

I thought the 'CIS' comment was more worthy of a

She is being unfair. Harry and Megan generally get a derogatory mention together.

Is she ok with the criticism Harry gets, when 95% of his complaints are about the way Megan was treated?

Or is that ok because he is white, male, rich and privileged?

And that's exactly why the book threads happened.

There's so much bleak reality posters can take until they need a frost bitten seal singing todger and that todger came at exactly the right time. If you excuse the sun.

I could have written your post Mezmer totally agree.

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Then what are her opinions?

Good, I am glad that Justine has spoken out about this. She is right. It is a pity that the royal family did not do the same. They may not be in the situation that they are in, if they had.

The royal family topic may as well.be the Harry &Meghan topic though.

She's right although she / her moderators allow the nastiness.

Also not so sure that running a massively successful website- while a great insight into the diversity of opinion of those who post on it (and into what content moderators remove) specifically qualifies for a political career as the article seems to suggest.

i mean maybe that’s a stupid comment on my part- obviously people get elected on way less commercial and life experience- but candidates’ political visions are needed and they aren’t the same as knowing what is being posted on a site. What is Justine’s vision?

@vera99 thanks for the article. JR seems very in tune with the boards on here; I agree with her.

I agree - it’s been years of abject misery, and as we go into 2023 worrying about how the hell we’ll earn a living if we can’t get to work because of rail strikes or how we’ll pay the gas bill it’s actually quite nice to have a place where we can laugh at people singing at seals and having their arses spanked. IMO.

According to the article “Mumsnet’s spokesman, Roberts has become the de-facto voice of all women. Tall, in an on-brand Mumsnet blue jumper and jeans, she radiates energy and has her finger on the pulse of what the country thinks”. We’ll MN is posting quite prolifically about H&M and many in the country have lots of varying views on the pair of them - so has the article got it wrong about Justine, or is she only the voice of all women when they’re agreeing with her?

One hundred percent with you, time zone. I object strongly to this reductive lumping together of anyone who questions HandM’s actions. We are all apparently “Meghan-haters”

A much more accurate label for many of us is “HandM-doubters”.

She is running a business. These articles are just part of the marketing strategy

It was in poor taste to compare this story to Madeline McCann in any way.

It's not the story that's comparable, it's the response of some Mumsnetters that she is comparing. It's the obsessive analysis of every single thing.

She said ‘vitriolic’ and ‘seems slightly deranged’

i wouldn’t disagree with that.

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And I agree with Lady Kenya, if the RF had spoken out when they should have they probably wouldn’t be in this situation.

I don’t read Reddit etc but surely it’s the same on many other platforms

It’s just the way of SM. Given Justine is in the business of SM seems strange to see in a bad light, it’s driving her profit, and if she doesn’t want it it’s her site - make a decision on that