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Why are you making fun of someone's appearance with your logo change

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Reasonableadjustments · 06/05/2023 06:50

Can I ask why you've changed the logo to be big ears to poke fun at King Charles?

I'm not a royalist but I don't think making fun of someone like this for their appearance is really fair.

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LubaLuca · 06/05/2023 08:19

Imagine if the company you worked for changed their logo in the same way this weekend! Or if Royal Mail, the NHS, Google etc stuck a pair of big ears on their logo for lolz.

It beggars belief that MN did this.

grannyjacob · 06/05/2023 08:18

I’m no Royalist but agree with the majority, the temporary logo is not at all funny. Please remove it.

Giselletheunicorn · 06/05/2023 08:18

Agree - it's not really in the spirit of Mumsnet....needs to come down.

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Reasonableadjustments · 06/05/2023 08:18

Bigpinktrain · 06/05/2023 08:17

@Reasonableadjustments I agree it’s not funny, but don’t really think it’s bullying, just a cheap shot, that many others would also do, in fact many ‘fans’ on the mall are wearing fake ears. I’m sure HQ would say it’s a sign of affection…I don’t know, don’t really care. I think on the barometer of what I’ve seen as bullying on this site, the logo scores quite low.

I disagree.

I've been made fun of all my life because of a physical difference and I thought mumsnet was a better place than that.

Seems I was wrong.

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Reasonableadjustments · 06/05/2023 08:17

I was bullied all the way through school because of a physical difference.

Mumsnet are now saying that's ok.

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DemonicCaveMaggot · 06/05/2023 08:17

People with fragile X syndrome are charaterized by having ears that stick out. Horrible if their parents are on here to see that their children's physical differences are fair game for mocking by adults on a parenting forum, as if they don't get enough of that at school.

I think I will give Mumsnet a rest for the next few days, no more money earning clicks from me for a while.

Bigpinktrain · 06/05/2023 08:17

@Reasonableadjustments I agree it’s not funny, but don’t really think it’s bullying, just a cheap shot, that many others would also do, in fact many ‘fans’ on the mall are wearing fake ears. I’m sure HQ would say it’s a sign of affection…I don’t know, don’t really care. I think on the barometer of what I’ve seen as bullying on this site, the logo scores quite low.

SunnyEgg · 06/05/2023 08:16

DancingWithTheMoonlitKnight · 06/05/2023 08:09

I think it's funny. 🤣

Where do you draw the line?

Is it anything goes when physical appearance can be mocked, are you ok with it for people you know?

GoldenGorilla · 06/05/2023 08:16

@MNHQ - I’ve been on this site for what feels like forever, maybe since 2006? Used it for advice on cooking, relationships, gardening, parenting. The support on this site got me through some traumatic events. And these days it’s just….unpleasant here. Threads descend into pointless bullying, which you let stand, posters are repeatedly mean and unhelpful and you don’t ban them. And now you are openly mocking somebody’s physical appearance, which is a classic bullies tactic. I just don’t know what this site is for, or about, anymore.

ExhaustedPigwidgeon · 06/05/2023 08:16

EarringsandLipstick · 06/05/2023 08:04

It's really shocking that despite all the threads and reports, MN have neither commented nor changed it.

I bet they can't change it easily due to their problematic IT, but not to even acknowledge the poor taste of what they have done is shocking.

It would take seconds for anyone vaguely competent to remove it but their IT team have proven on multiple occasions that they’re anything but that!

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 06/05/2023 08:14

As for all the people saying it's OK because they happen not to like the individual who is being mocked here - get a grip. The rest of us are saying it's not OK to mock anybody in this way, no matter who they are and what they've done. The reason most of us are asking for this to be changed is because of what it says about Mumsnet, not because we are all devoted subjects of King Charles.

Saucery · 06/05/2023 08:14

DancingWithTheMoonlitKnight · 06/05/2023 08:11

I din't give a single fuck about Charlie.

Fine. Neither do I.

Do you have any fucks to give about children being teased about their ears? The normalization of ‘Ears like King Charles’ as an insult.
Would it be ok to draw a pair of large ears on the class photo of a particular child, for the Lolz?

It’s not about Charles, it’s about perpetuating a bullying trope that affects many more people than him.

Hoppinggreen · 06/05/2023 08:14

saraclara · 06/05/2023 07:09

I am not remotely a fan of the monarchy, but having received a 'warning' email from mnhq last week about some of my posts "not being in the spirit", and basically telling me to 'be kind', the hypocrisy is screamingly apparent here.

I’ve been suspended 3 times in the past 2 weeks after almost 15 years of never having such a thing.
No idea what’s going on at HQ

Ginnybaby · 06/05/2023 08:14

DancingWithTheMoonlitKnight · 06/05/2023 08:11

I din't give a single fuck about Charlie.

You’re missing the point. It is not about if you care about Charles or not. It is about whether it’s acceptable to take the piss out of someone’s appearance. You feel it’s ok if it someone’s uou don’t care about. Most others don’t.

GinUnicorn · 06/05/2023 08:14

Doesn’t seem in the spirit and I’m no royalist.

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Reasonableadjustments · 06/05/2023 08:14

Ok so.

Taking this at face value, it's ok on mumsnet to make fun of people who have a physical difference.

Right oh. That's going to make the boards interesting for disabled people. For a start. Pregnant women. Menopausal women.

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CosmosQueen · 06/05/2023 08:13

Utterly cringeworthy MNHQ.
Who the hell thought that was appropriate?

fUNNYfACE36 · 06/05/2023 08:13

No response from MNHQ on either thread.
They obviously don't give a stuff about the site usersvsensibilities
Maybe we should be speaking to the advertisers

GoodChat · 06/05/2023 08:12

Redglitter · 06/05/2023 08:06

Wow!! How inappropriate. Hope @MNHQ respond & remove it

They'll probably just remove this thread for bullying or something and leave the logo up.

hellodarknessmyoldfriend22 · 06/05/2023 08:12

Wow that's awful. Not good Mumsnet

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 06/05/2023 08:12

I don't think it's 'funny. It's effectively saying 'Ha ha, look at our new King, he's got big ears!' Sort of thing you might expect from a four-year-old, who would, I hope, promptly be told that that was an unkind and unnecessary thing to say about another person. I expected better from MNHQ.

salamanderturtle · 06/05/2023 08:11

It’s an awful bullying logo. No idea what they were thinking.

DancingWithTheMoonlitKnight · 06/05/2023 08:11

I din't give a single fuck about Charlie.

MuffinToSeeHere · 06/05/2023 08:10

DancingWithTheMoonlitKnight · 06/05/2023 08:09

I think it's funny. 🤣

You think it's funny to mock people's appearances...that says a lot about you, none of it good...

Whinge · 06/05/2023 08:10

DancingWithTheMoonlitKnight · 06/05/2023 08:09

I think it's funny. 🤣

You thinking mocking someone's appearance is funny? Hmm