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

we think it’s important as a society that we can freely make fun of the rich and powerful
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So if we un pick that a little @YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet are those who become rich through bloody hard work or winning the lottery or luck in the property market fair game or is it the landed gentry only?

What about for example someone who receives a large insurance payout as a result to horrendous medical malpractice?

I can't help but think that your policy is a little ill judged and light on detail, wlll you be updating the guidelines?

Where's the income cut off at which mocking becomes allowed? Does that apply to all ages or is it ok to mock the physical appearance of a child if they have wealthy parents?

Yes, I think we need need an appendix to the MN T&Cs on this 'new rule' just so we are all clear:

1. what's the income bracket?
2. Is it gender specific?
3. Is it culturally and ethnically inclusive?
4. is it just physical appearance or are we including learning difficulties?
5. are rich people's children fair game?

MNHQ have not put out an apology they have put out a justification and it's made a bad situation worse. They should be way better than this.

"didn’t think beforehand how it might go down as it was intended as bit of fun".

You're a paid adult in social media, surely part of your role is to bloody well think about these things.

"we think it’s important as a society that we can freely make fun of the rich and powerful...."

@mumsnet, is this a joke? It certainly isn't an apology!

Do you teach kids this?

There'll always be someone richer, so where is the cut off point before you're deemed too poor to be bullied?

Bullying is just plain wrong, be it at school, in the workplace, at home or online.
To base it on looks, that most people can't change, is deplorable.

On a site meant for supporting each other, when the people at the top come up with such, it's disgusting.

But people make mistakes, and having been iven a chance to respond,
you come up with that as an apology????

When since have they thought this to be important?

I seem to recall some celeb threads going as NITS. Not all though maybe there’s an approved laugh at these people list

Did Justine really say ok post that, they’re not short of a bob or two

we think it’s important as a society that we can freely make fun of the rich and powerful

I didn't see the logo but what the fuck is this statement? Appalling.

In a world where people are dying as a result of vaccine injuries, and seeing as mumsnet think it’s important as a society that you can make fun of the rich and powerful, so why not put some dollar signs on the covid threads?

I mean it’s not as if Pfizer and others haven’t made billions from this.

Come off it! Don't compare the logo to antic monarchist protestors.

There was nothing in that logo that critiqued an archaic institution which allows the preservation of significant wealth and power along hereditary lines. Just playground teasing.

In a world where people are being arrested for being antimonarchist, we think it’s important as a society that we can freely make fun of the rich and powerful but clearly we misjudged the mood and it was poorly executed.

It must have been an error surely? Did she miss out a sentence after powerful??

Rubbish response from HQ.

I, too, would like to know their criteria/cut-off level as to when it becomes fine to be free to mock the rich/privileged etc.

Have reported their post back to them.

This site keeps taking some slightly odd turns.

It's not about the rich and powerful's feelings. It's about refusing to mock big or bat ears. I live with lifelong pain from my childhood ear pinning. If "big ears" was not an insult, my parents would not have agreed to that purely cosmetic surgery.

Do the rich and powerful not have feelings any more?

What's the amount of money a person needs to have before we can attack their appearance?

Will that information be released monthly?

Sunak is richer than the King already isn't he so he's OK for us to attack?

I wonder if she left the chippy republican manning the site to post this stuff whilst at a coronation do

we think it’s important as a society that we can freely make fun of the rich and powerful

Wait, WHAT?!
What's happened to this site?!

Parents come on this site to ask advice. There have been a few threads about children getting their ears pinned back and now the same parents who worried about how their children will be treated have their fears confirmed by the very site that should help them. Absolutely disgusting!!

No - it’s all yours.

For someone who had better things to do today you’ve wasted an awful lot of time making goady posts.

There's also an equally unpleasant Coronation Special about Carole Middletons face

I think the problem is all yours unfortunately. You could work on that.

I hope so too. I have reported many and have been told they’re fine, even when I’ve kept questioning them. They told me in an email once that had a certain comment been said about a poster here, they would have deleted it as a personal attack, but as it was a public figure, they felt it was ok! Then sometimes they do end up deleting the whole thread days later as the comments escalate but not always. No idea how their moderation works.

Will mumsnet delete nasty, personal comments about appearance from now on then?

I hope so. Maybe I'll start to report each and every one.