One for those who never go on the News and Politics Forum

This is a very unpleasant thread, which is ironic, given that it is supposedly about Some People being mean on other threads.

Fleurpepper

Oreo

Obviously not nonsense as shown by most of the posts on this thread.
Everyone feels entitled to comment but are put off by a few know it alls.

Could you just explain please. Do you mean that only those who don't know anything about 'news and politics' should post?

Would it not be fair to reply Oreo. In fact, my question is not just about 'news and politics' but any subject. Do you think only the ones who don't know about any subject should reply?

I assume you are referring to my post using capital punishment as an example. When I lived I Suffolk I had a friend who believed in it. We used to talk about sometimes on our way up to Norwich for a day out and I would put forward my point of view, with a few facts. I didn't brow beat her or anything like that and she would agree with what I said but I was unable to change her mind. She had a belief and that was that.

Oh Dinhamo- you might have to join the ‘ some posters’ whereas before I always thought your posts were informative and sensible. Either that or I will do my 100 lines to remain in this forum.

Oh yes, duh, or I could do it online in the warm!

No, I'm picketing to get the money back which I lent to the Government!

I think you just need to fill in a form to do that, Callistemon. Picketing is a bit OTT, you know😲🤣

Oreo

Obviously not nonsense as shown by most of the posts on this thread.
Everyone feels entitled to comment but are put off by a few know it alls.

Could you just explain please. Do you mean that only those who don't know anything about 'news and politics' should post?

Dinahmo

Callistemon21

MaizieD

Callistemon21

But I must hold my hands up and admit that I can be more abrasive than I should be at times. 🙁

I'm still laughing about the Premium bond thread 😁

I wasn't at my best that day! In the first stages of covid...

I did do it to toss a cat into the pigeons....😇

Hope you feel better soon.

Ps It's a bit chilly, sitting here picketing HM Treasury.

I hope that you have a nip of something strong in your pocket.

I heard a spokesman for the Civil Service Union on LBC explaining that you're not all people in pin striped suits but many and various. He also said that several thousand were on the minimum wage which I found shocking.

I never wore a pin-striped suit!

No, I'm picketing to get the money back which I lent to the Government!

Oreo

Obviously not nonsense as shown by most of the posts on this thread.
Everyone feels entitled to comment but are put off by a few know it alls.

Thanks Oreo for backing my point of view. I am not usually put off making a comment but I hold back when I see the sparks and the nastiness flying as it seems so do a lot of other posters.

Thank you Joseanne You're very kind.

On another note one of my posts was pulled . It was a few years ago and for the life of me I could not remember saying anything rude or nasty. Could I have asked the staff why?

Callistemon21

MaizieD

Callistemon21

But I must hold my hands up and admit that I can be more abrasive than I should be at times. 🙁

I'm still laughing about the Premium bond thread 😁

I wasn't at my best that day! In the first stages of covid...

I did do it to toss a cat into the pigeons....😇

Hope you feel better soon.

Ps It's a bit chilly, sitting here picketing HM Treasury.

I hope that you have a nip of something strong in your pocket.

I heard a spokesman for the Civil Service Union on LBC explaining that you're not all people in pin striped suits but many and various. He also said that several thousand were on the minimum wage which I found shocking.

MerylStreep

I’d love to name names but there’s no point as we all know who we’re talking about.
Plus, they’d go running to miss proclaiming they’d been bullied.

Do we? And no we wouldn't.

The very worst kind, as said, gutless and cowardly.

Fleurpepper

MerylStreep

I’d love to name names but there’s no point as we all know who we’re talking about.
Plus, they’d go running to miss proclaiming they’d been bullied.

The lowest of the low, gutless, cowardly insults. Some posters, indeed.

Bullying

MerylStreep

I’d love to name names but there’s no point as we all know who we’re talking about.
Plus, they’d go running to miss proclaiming they’d been bullied.

The lowest of the low, gutless, cowardly insults. Some posters, indeed.

Callistemon21

MaizieD

Callistemon21

But I must hold my hands up and admit that I can be more abrasive than I should be at times. 🙁

I'm still laughing about the Premium bond thread 😁

I wasn't at my best that day! In the first stages of covid...

I did do it to toss a cat into the pigeons....😇

Hope you feel better soon.

Ps It's a bit chilly, sitting here picketing HM Treasury.

Have you got a banner, Cal?

"Don't give me my money back. I DEMAND PRIZES!"

MaizieD

Callistemon21

But I must hold my hands up and admit that I can be more abrasive than I should be at times. 🙁

I'm still laughing about the Premium bond thread 😁

I wasn't at my best that day! In the first stages of covid...

I did do it to toss a cat into the pigeons....😇

Hope you feel better soon.

Ps It's a bit chilly, sitting here picketing HM Treasury.

Years ago when I started engaging in internet discussions I used to be upset by rude replies to my posts . I quite like some rude replies if the poster has a general axe to grind and I can refute his claims. I did that today ( not on Gransnet )and am really pleased I was forced to look up stuff on Google, which I was too vague about.

Baggs

That video, though funny, says as clearly as daylight why people don't go on N&P threads on GN: the scathing condescension they expect – having witnessed it from afar – to be met with should they dare to disagree with the usual N&P enthusiasts.

I suggest that many people's avoidance of GN N&P threads is for that reason and in no way an indication of their lack of interest in political matters.

Some will also stay away out of despair at the quality of many of our current politicians (of all stripes).

This!
Thanks Baggs

With a word unspoken
With a voice unheard
When a thought is broken
By a tender word
When a heart is moved
When a heart is thrown
The silence tells you
You're not alone*

*'Some People' Cliff Richard

Fanny Cornforth wrote:

"There’s ‘challenged’ and there’s ‘being spoken to like something unpleasant on the sole of one’s shoe’ "

I reply to rude challenges if the poster's message denotes something of interest or if it's funny haha. If it's empty rudeness like ad hominem I scroll on to a more interesting post.

Callistemon21

^But I must hold my hands up and admit that I can be more abrasive than I should be at times^. 🙁

I'm still laughing about the Premium bond thread 😁

I wasn't at my best that day! In the first stages of covid...

I did do it to toss a cat into the pigeons....😇

But I must hold my hands up and admit that I can be more abrasive than I should be at times. 🙁

I'm still laughing about the Premium bond thread 😁

That is very kind of you, Joseanne Thank you.

But I must hold my hands up and admit that I can be more abrasive than I should be at times. 🙁

But when I first started posting, about 8 years ago, I was 😱 by some of the posters I encountered... it doesn't change much..

Ok then, as the discussion has moved to the some posters issue, I will improve on my earlier comment here about a couple of posters who, during a discussion, would explain in simple terms. I hope it is OK to mention them in a good way by name as an illustration. In my experience they were Dickens, Iam64, Dinahmo, and also MaizieD who took time to explain to me how money was "found" from the coffers, (though I still find that concept weird!) I have no idea about the political leanings of these posters, just that they were helpful and were neither rude nor condescending at the time.