MNHQ make a statement on Twitter re FWR

[GirlDownUnder]

mobile.twitter.com/MumsnetTowers/status/1182615292813467648

Mumsnet will always stand in solidarity with minority communities. We don’t tolerate transphobic comments and will delete any when they are flagged to us. But we do also believe strongly in free speech. 1/3

The discussion of gender self-id and what that might mean for very hard-won women’s rights, as well as the rapidly growing number of children exploring gender identity issues, is contentious. 2/3

We know some people would like us to simply censor this entire debate but a similar number think we censor too much. We’re committed to allowing respectful discussion of an issue that is of particular interest to parents. 3/3

The usual suspects pile on, but I think the ratios look very good.

MNHQ

white middle class women

hurrah!

anyone for 'white feminism'?

Looks like someone covered the camera lens in Flora for that David Bowie clip.

I'm the lone wolf in a field of sheep

A very odd analogy to level at yourself, but you said it.

Its certainly a very aggressive analogy.

Also one commonly used when hiding oneself, presenting as something the opposite to what one wants others to see.

How curious.

I had toast with BUTTER and peanut BUTTER for breakfast today. That probably makes me double BUTTER scum. What did you all eat?

MN is I'm sure a very respectable hot bed of white middle class women.

Oh now you're just embarrassing yourself. You know nothing about MN do you? Other than what you've read or been told.

Read around, for goodness sake. Work out why women here care about other women, and what life is like for women. Pop the bubble.

There you go Life, another use for Flora that means you don't have to actually eat the stuff!

It was the very respectable white young men.

Right so in retaliation you are having a go at women for this... why?

I don't think 'you're twisting what I say' will come up as Life isn't actually saying anything

dodgy suicide stats might make an appearance though

But the film is a saddening bore
For she's lived it ten times or more

Can sheep bay? I’d have thought the sheep analogy was the opposite of baying. Sheep just go along with things don’t they? When did you ever see a flock of sheep baying for blood of the farmers who mercilessly de-wool them?

I had a breakfast of realism, with a sprinkling of compassion and a hot mug of 'smells like bullshit'.

I'm going to make crumble with butter as soon as it gets a bit colder, Lydia.

When did you ever see a flock of sheep baying for blood of the farmers who mercilessly de-wool them?

I'd bet a fiver Steven King could make that into a good story.

I had a breakfast of realism

great @LifeonVenus , how do men really become women? please explain

"The Herd" by Stephen King

(I wish it was only 10 times, feels more like 10 thousand tbh)

hot mug of 'smells like bullshit'.

Yes, I can imagine that's a popular treat chez Life

I'm off for a lunch of surrealism

I shall be eating a light aircraft followed by a lion

Great idea @TheProdigalKittensReturn Autumn fruits are great for buttery crumbles

a hot mug of 'smells like bullshit'.

It's back to the Respect yourself schools programme isn't it.

I think this is what Paul Hollywood calls 'style over substance'.

Tut tut - do you realise “cretin” is extremely offensive. Minus 10 woke points.

Yum @BernardBlacksWineIceLolly save some for me.

Why do they always go for the poop? The whole bum obsession seems a bit Freudian.