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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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gamerchick · 06/05/2023 15:47

NotOnTheList · 06/05/2023 15:39

On celeb threads, I’ve reported some really horrible things said about people’s appearance that have been left to stand. But people complain about a pair of cartoon ears on a logo and mumsnet take it down?

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

There's a thread running about the kings teeth atm and there are no uproars going on like there were about ears. Seems the people make the rules. Or they're hypocrites.

EarringsandLipstick · 06/05/2023 15:44

Sorry to hear that you're struggling with that.

😂 not at all, just unfortunate for you to be unable to write in any way clearly.

Jonei · 06/05/2023 15:40

EarringsandLipstick · 06/05/2023 15:35

@Jonei

Your posts don't make a lot of sense

Sorry to hear that you're struggling with that.

NotOnTheList · 06/05/2023 15:39

On celeb threads, I’ve reported some really horrible things said about people’s appearance that have been left to stand. But people complain about a pair of cartoon ears on a logo and mumsnet take it down?

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

EarringsandLipstick · 06/05/2023 15:35

@Jonei

Your posts don't make a lot of sense

Icelolly44 · 06/05/2023 15:24

It sounds like it was a misjudged attempt by MNHQ to look edgy or seem relevant but they completely misread the room. Whether you agree with the monarchy or not, it’s pretty bad taste to mock a physical feature and the non apology is just an embarrassment! Is your site being run by teenagers or something?

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 06/05/2023 15:17

What a pointless apology from @mumsnet, basically a sorry not sorry.

Absolutey not ok.

gamerchick · 06/05/2023 14:58

Happygirl79 · 06/05/2023 14:27

I tried but couldn't find it

Tbf it was probably easier to find before they changed it back.

Why are you making fun of someone's appearance with your logo change
ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 06/05/2023 14:46

AutumnCrow · 06/05/2023 14:44

Yes

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You honestly never know these days!😅

AutumnCrow · 06/05/2023 14:44

ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 06/05/2023 14:41

Is this a joke…

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Yes

ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 06/05/2023 14:41

DojaPhat · 06/05/2023 10:38

Becky, it was completely unacceptable for MN to poke fun at our monarch. I am extremely upset. I would like MN to publicly apologise to the King. As a society we have nurses pulling ridiculous shifts yet still can't meet the demands placed on them, food banks popping up left right and centre being used by people in gainful employment, people having to choose between heating or eating, children who live in damp conditions, crumbling infrastructure, a healthcare system undergoing intentional degradation. And yet rather than encourage us to do our civic duty and praise our King for his gift of being born you have decided to mock him. I shall delete my account.

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Is this a joke…

Happygirl79 · 06/05/2023 14:27

I tried but couldn't find it

gamerchick · 06/05/2023 14:26

Happygirl79 · 06/05/2023 14:24

Have they removed it.

Didn't think of checking?

SirChenjins · 06/05/2023 14:26

Yes - the penny dropped once it was explained to them and they realised it was a dick thing to do.

Happygirl79 · 06/05/2023 14:24

Have they removed it.

SirChenjins · 06/05/2023 14:20

Well done that baying crowd then - always good to see the collective voice calling out people who mock other’s appearances.

Jonei · 06/05/2023 14:15

EarringsandLipstick · 06/05/2023 14:14

Right here on the thread.

No baying crowd that I've seen. Just posters holding MN to account for mocking a person's appearance publicly.

HTH.

Indeed. You have identified the baying crowd.

Well done you.

EarringsandLipstick · 06/05/2023 14:14

Right here on the thread.

No baying crowd that I've seen. Just posters holding MN to account for mocking a person's appearance publicly.

HTH.

Jonei · 06/05/2023 14:12

EarringsandLipstick · 06/05/2023 14:11

to the baying crowd though.

Sorry, what? Where's the baying crowd?

Right here on the thread. ☺️

EarringsandLipstick · 06/05/2023 14:11

to the baying crowd though.

Sorry, what? Where's the baying crowd?

Jonei · 06/05/2023 14:10

LaMarschallin · 06/05/2023 13:59

Quite.
I assume that's why people were wondering if she was alright.

Pleased MN did the right thing eventually.

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Ahh. Well if they were wondering, then that would indicate a level of misunderstanding in their own reading comprehension.

Shame that MN backed down to the baying crowd though.

Jonei · 06/05/2023 14:06

You seem to have missed the heavy sarcasm in that post.

No I didn't miss it. 😁

EarringsandLipstick · 06/05/2023 14:06

90stalgia · 06/05/2023 13:53

@YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet I'm sorry it's gone. I stand with the protesters who were bundled into the police van.

What's that got to do with mocking someone's physical features?

Lostinalibrary · 06/05/2023 14:02

QueefQueen80s · 06/05/2023 13:46

But the truth of it is, none of you will stop using MN because of this or anything else and they know it.

Yeah they will. I remember when those ticker baby websites were all the rage. That’s pretty what mn has become now. Same posters over here now, they just swear rather than use hun and don’t have tickers. They died out because they became echo chambers as is mn.

LaMarschallin · 06/05/2023 13:59

MandyMotherOfBrian · 06/05/2023 11:02

You seem to have missed the heavy sarcasm in that post.

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Quite.
I assume that's why people were wondering if she was alright.

Pleased MN did the right thing eventually.