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

Don't worry women - for every one of you baying on here, there will be at least 5 men beating up a trans woman somewhere

so you are probably wasting valuable time on here. Go find a male forum and talk to them about it.

I wonder, I WONDER, why you don't want to do that, and so neatly swerve the chance to make any real change.

So men are 5 times more dangerous to trans women than women?

Got it👍

They were as respectable as you pearl clutchers are....... Until the sheep's clothing comes off........

Speaking of butter, has anyone ever had Tibetan tea? It has butter in it. I quite like it on a cold evening.

(Baying sheep sold separately)

It’s Scottish half term just saying

Is it because you are too lazy to trawl the internet and find out where the male transphobes are?

You mustn't be aware of how familiar women are with this very common behaviour towards women.

Preaching to the converted. We already know about this.

You seem to believe you are saying something new about how men can behave.

Check the sign over there. -> Feminist

It's a bit of a give away

I'll have you know that this is a family focused site and we don't approve of stripping poor innocent sheep here.

(Perv)

It’s Scottish half term just saying good point

Haha! The sheep's clothing comes off the wolf, you dingbat !!

So hang on, we’re not sheep now?

Men not women are beating them up? Why are we getting blamed for it then?

Careful with your sexist commentary there Life

Which is funny that you're not shut down by MN, because apparently thats what they do. Irony at its best, on a thread about MN shutting down.

i was thinking about using some of that BUTTER to make some fudge for you LifeonVenus Or do you have enough of your own?

Men not women are beating them up? Why are we getting blamed for it then?

Because the OP knows they'll get their arse handed to them on a predominately male site so they just like to virtue signal on here.

I was quite enjoying my new sheepy identity

What are we now then?

LifeonVenus

I don’t ewe have thought of the ram-ifications of what you’re saying.

I asked who of YOU. You. You people here. You personally. You.

Me. The transwoman in question got a criminal conviction out of it. Is that affected enough?

So we currently have sheep in sheep clothing baying at wolves, which the Lamb is dressed as mutton?

Donald, where's your sheepy trewswers?

(Sorry, had to)

I think but I’m not sure, that we are all wolves, because only wolves can bay, sheep can’t, and we are all in sheep’s clothing, so there’s like a pack of wolves identifying as a flock of sheep and it means we are transphobic. Or something.

The baaah is set low

But intelligent women flock to FWR regardless

Also if the men in the pub who beat up the transwoman were wolves who removed their sheep's clothing, and Life has already indicated that they are a wolf in a field of sheep, doesn't that mean that Life has done something rather unpleasant?

And we are wearing pearls under our sheep disguises. Forgot that but. So like a fancy older wolf, maybe the one who stole Red Riding Hood’s grandma’s clothes. She must have had some pearls.