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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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Reasonableadjustments · 06/05/2023 08:10

DancingWithTheMoonlitKnight · 06/05/2023 08:09

I think it's funny. 🤣

Works it be funny if I was made fun of due to a physical difference?

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DancingWithTheMoonlitKnight · 06/05/2023 08:09

I think it's funny. 🤣

LadyKenya · 06/05/2023 08:08

This is in poor taste imo. Not good.

GetMeToThePark · 06/05/2023 08:08

Yeah I’m in no way a supporter of Charles and will certainly not be watching or celebrating today but this is not cool. Taking the piss out of someone’s physical appearance is low, very disappointed with MNHQ on this one.

DorotheaFrazil · 06/05/2023 08:07

Not cool Mumsnet. Take it down please.

IrishMamaMia · 06/05/2023 08:07

I was wondering why the ears were there. Not in the spirit.

Redglitter · 06/05/2023 08:06

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

Iminthemoneylife · 06/05/2023 08:06

I’m a republican and I don’t like the logo. Could you imagine if someone did this to a women’s physical features?

Sirzy · 06/05/2023 08:05

It’s also not just about King Charles but other people who have suffered, or are suffering with, bullying or low self esteem due to their ears or other physical features.

normalising taking the mickey out of how people look isn’t good

MayBeeJuneSoon · 06/05/2023 08:05

I'm shocked!!!

How dare they?

Bullies!!

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Reasonableadjustments · 06/05/2023 08:04

Bigpinktrain · 06/05/2023 07:59

@Reasonableadjustments I mean the royal family aren’t exactly known for their tolerance and kindness towards others.
I agree it’s juvenile but I think the whole coronation is a despicable affair so can’t get too affronted by a crappy logo

I am no royalist. But mocking someone's physical appearance in this way is bullying.

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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.

SheldontheWonderSchlong · 06/05/2023 08:03

WomanBitingATowel · 06/05/2023 07:39

The man is a dimwitted, expensive anachronism, leading an institution that is an embarrassment, but body-shaming is very much ‘not in the spirit’.

Mock his privilege, sure, but not his ears.

Absolutely this!

Ginnybaby · 06/05/2023 08:03

Soontobe60 · 06/05/2023 07:32

Well I for one thinks it’s fine and people should get a grip! KC is the first person to enjoy a good laugh so would likely find it funny to be featured on Mumsnet in this way.

You’ve misssed the point, Charles is hardly likely to know or care. The issue is people don’t like mocking of someone’s appearance . That’s why it’s wrong. We’ve moved on from taking the piss out of how people look

Trumpton · 06/05/2023 08:02

I reported a post in the hope that a report would get picked up and acted on. Not happy about the logo. As PP said mean and not in the spirit.

Quoronation · 06/05/2023 08:02

It's bullying

YouJustDoYou · 06/05/2023 08:02

I saw it and just thought "wow, that's just....weird and not nice at all". Whomever signed off on that, shame on you. How would you like it if someone did something like that about YOUR appearance?

Icelolly44 · 06/05/2023 08:01

Interesting how they’re so quick to remove threads deemed not in the spirit but much slower to respond to this……

mum2jakie · 06/05/2023 08:01

That logo is really inappropriate and offensive. Not in the spirit, Mumsnet!!

ExhaustedPigwidgeon · 06/05/2023 08:00

Have MNHQ bothered to respond at all on any of the threads?

Hedonism · 06/05/2023 08:00

It's a bit 1980s, isn't it.

Not kind, @mnhq

tribpot · 06/05/2023 07:59

Cheap and tacky. I agree with PP, what is the spirit of the site these days?

Bigpinktrain · 06/05/2023 07:59

@Reasonableadjustments I mean the royal family aren’t exactly known for their tolerance and kindness towards others.
I agree it’s juvenile but I think the whole coronation is a despicable affair so can’t get too affronted by a crappy logo

notsayingmuch · 06/05/2023 07:59

pinchymcgee · 06/05/2023 07:40

There's thread after thread about these decisions that appear to be deliberately designed to create controversy.

What IS the spirit of the site, exactly?

It's supposed to be for parenting issues, primarily. So they have a logo mocking a much-loved Grandad. Anyone who saw Louis bouncing on his Grandad's knee at the Jubilee concert knows that he is just Grandad to William's kids.

sevenbyseven · 06/05/2023 07:58

WomanBitingATowel · 06/05/2023 07:39

The man is a dimwitted, expensive anachronism, leading an institution that is an embarrassment, but body-shaming is very much ‘not in the spirit’.

Mock his privilege, sure, but not his ears.

This ^