Bunburying and wassailing into winter - thread 7

[CaraDuneRedux]

Time for a new thread. Please can someone c&p the header post? (Am on phone.)

I suspected that there were attempts to get that one removed - third one now

Oh for fucks SAKE I was literally just in the middle of pointing out that the police thread was so derailed it was 100% going to get pulled...when it got pulled.

Unusual new tactic used there, IMO.

Yes. Lots of useful and important information about public services on that thread. Why those tactics are allowed to undermine important conversations I really don't understand.

Well, I am confused. New poster set on telling us off (seeming to not realise the tone set by their first couple of posts) , when in the end the poster agrees with much of what the topic was about. We just got to point of moving back to topic and ... gone!! Just as I was about to post. I hope that they put it back up but I doubt it.

Clearly is being deleted here because it's not a feminist issue.

Actually, agree. Whether UK is continuing to follow a policing by consent model is a wider issue, and should be in chat or AIBU.

Problem is, you can’t win on that either, potholes because a bunch of posters will pop up to say that avoiding “vile transphobia” is why they keep the feminism topic hidden, and we should all fuck off back here.

Well that’s disappointing.

MN say
“This thread has derailed somewhat from the initial discussion and is drawing a lot of reports. We're taking it down to go through the posts.”

Which is kinda no shit Sherlock, of course some people don’t want some subjects to be bought to a wider audience, but derailing is pretty much standard on any thread on MN and not a reason to pull a thread, and reports should be ignored if posts aren’t breaking FWR / MN talk guidelines.

Or do we have new guidelines that we have to guess now?

I hope that once the posts have been gone through, MN reinstate the thread.

It’s not like the OP went looking for a contentious subject - this information was put into the public domain, I’m assuming for comment, and we are commenting much more constructively than I’ve seen on the media that broke the story.

Posting here is becoming rather like trying to navigate the Hogwarts staircases. Things constantly move around, are only work as you expect on the second Tuesday of months with an R in them, and frequently disappear altogether.

Fun being female and wanting equality with males, isn't it?

I wandered over into AIBU yesterday. I rarely venture there.

Gosh, it's a bit more forthright than FWR, isn't it? Personal discussions of famous people - generalisations all over the place - it's like a different forum!

I see we're being attacked by zombies today on here. Best ignore them and avoid being eaten altogether.

And as its Saturday expect a couple of frequent flyers to pop in later to goad comment

I see we have a new influx of the wide-eyed "gee, just asking."

There's a lot of it about this weekend

I don't think I've ever posted here (frequently NC) but I'm fed up of all the questions based thread. Problem is I get sucked in. Must do better. Aargh. (Okay, I won't post again probably). Thank you. As you were.

"..frequent flyers.."

😂

Only realised the point of this thread last week. Had previously ignored it as the title made no sense to me. Useful, point taken, will focus my posting and avoid posting on zombie threads.

Another thread gone tonight and I’m trying to figure out which one

Is it time for carols yet? I’m feeling the Xmas spirit.

The posting on one of the latest "tell me about" threads seems to be about one particular poster getting gratification from being successfully goady rather than engaging in any real sense. It gives me a sense of uneasiness.

It is quite something isn't it naut?

Oh they're still going are they?

It is shouting the word [--] at me. In particular, that they're a tomboy transgirl who, by means of passing, forces women to unwittingly accept them. This was the point it moved from uneasy to nauseating.

Yeah, "forces" is an interesting word choice. Whether that's an unintentionally revealing choice of word, or a deliberate choice, neither says anything good.

But Medusa, they have shown exactly how much respect they have for anyone else. At least they are upfront. I doubt it was not a deliberate choice when you look at their other posts.

I think they're being relatively honest too. One of the posters who push further and further to see how far things they can make things go while people are still trying to engage.

Do you think they are actually ok? Mentally?