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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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NotBadConsidering · 06/05/2023 11:42

Hoppinggreen · 06/05/2023 10:31

How rich and powerful does someone have to be before we take the piss out of their appearance?
Millionaire? Multimillionaire?
Local Councillors? MP?

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Yes, I’d like an answer to this too. What’s the wealth threshold? What counts as powerful?

It’s the hypocrisy that’s the problem. MNHQ regularly deletes threads attacking the appearance of people but they’ve decided certain people are fair game. Who is fair game? Can we have a list?

Or can we just assume everyone is fair game from now on?

Sirzy · 06/05/2023 11:40

YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet · 06/05/2023 10:26

Hi everyone - we’re sorry that the logo has upset everyone. We honestly didn’t think beforehand how it might go down as it was intended as bit of fun - but we take your point. 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. We've now taken it down.

What is your deciding level of wealth and power for bullying to become ok then?

CosmosQueen · 06/05/2023 11:36

SirChenjins · 06/05/2023 10:50

Yep - but it follows a pattern.

Glad to see it’s been amen down but fuck me @YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet making fun of someone’s appearance under the guise of protecting freedom of speech and challenging societal inequalities is stretching the parameters of belief a bit.

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Indeed.

CosmosQueen · 06/05/2023 11:35

…’freely make fun of the rich and powerful…’
okaaay……..
Not on as far as I’m concerned.

CosmosQueen · 06/05/2023 11:34

YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet · 06/05/2023 10:26

Hi everyone - we’re sorry that the logo has upset everyone. We honestly didn’t think beforehand how it might go down as it was intended as bit of fun - but we take your point. 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. We've now taken it down.

Seriously?
’A bit of fun’?
sickening response. Or is it now ok for posters to freely mock anyone?
I’m ashamed of your response.

Florissante · 06/05/2023 11:31

It was unkind and cruel. Not cool, MN.

Crumbcatcher · 06/05/2023 11:31

It's not the fact that it was directed at Charles though is it? It's that you think it's okay to mock appearances. Who will be the next target?

LarkLane · 06/05/2023 11:23

Saucery · 06/05/2023 11:01

To criticise (justifiably) the arrest of anti monarchist protestors is fine. You could have put a crown on the M and little bars across the ‘net’, for instance.
Thanks for taking down the ears. The sooner that lazy caricature disappears the better. Not for Charles, for the children and ordinary people teased and bullied for their physical appearance.

Well said.
Absolutely childish caricature, the person who designed that, and those who approved it, obviously have had an easy ride in life.

sparklefresh · 06/05/2023 11:19

Sorry, @YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet .

sparklefresh · 06/05/2023 11:19

Mock people for their actions, what they say, their choices. Don't mock them for their physical appearance. Ever. @beckymumsnet you and your colleagues made a very poor choice.

HairyFarnbarn · 06/05/2023 11:12

@YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet you badly misjudged this.

yes it’s important to be able to express opinions about the rich and powerful, but commenting on their appearance is just childish bullying behaviour. Shame on you all.

AutumnCrow · 06/05/2023 11:06

People defending 'satire' fail to recognise satire in news that will shock absolutely no-one

MandyMotherOfBrian · 06/05/2023 11:02

Jonei · 06/05/2023 10:39

I would like MN to publicly apologise to the King

Oh my god. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is hilarious.

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

Saucery · 06/05/2023 11:01

To criticise (justifiably) the arrest of anti monarchist protestors is fine. You could have put a crown on the M and little bars across the ‘net’, for instance.
Thanks for taking down the ears. The sooner that lazy caricature disappears the better. Not for Charles, for the children and ordinary people teased and bullied for their physical appearance.

CoronationQuiche · 06/05/2023 11:00

Tiddlypomtiddlypom · 06/05/2023 10:37

Sure, hold people of privilege and power to account for what they do, say and the way they lead their influential lives, but mocking their physical appearance? Come on. This reply isn’t the ‘save’ you may have thought.

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I agree. It’s a classic “non-apology apology”.

Jonei · 06/05/2023 10:53

Tarantullah · 06/05/2023 10:51

I can I chose not to- but yes anyone who thinks mocking someone's appearance is a sad little person.

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Sorry, I don't know what cnut means. ☺️

Jonei · 06/05/2023 10:51

Use74074345 · 06/05/2023 10:50

Perhaps we can have a list of the people we can freely make fun of and bodyshame so we don't break talk guidelines

Sounds like a sensible idea.

Tarantullah · 06/05/2023 10:51

Jonei · 06/05/2023 10:36

I'm a what? Can't you spell?

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I can I chose not to- but yes anyone who thinks mocking someone's appearance is a sad little person.

Jonei · 06/05/2023 10:51

kittensinthekitchen · 06/05/2023 10:48

Apologies, autocorrect, Jonei

I dont need their school, thanks, not to critique their physical features Confused

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Oh you just want me to post pictures of my children on a public forum, for you to criticise. What a very sensible clever idea.

You go first then.

😁

SirChenjins · 06/05/2023 10:50

*Taken down

Use74074345 · 06/05/2023 10:50

Perhaps we can have a list of the people we can freely make fun of and bodyshame so we don't break talk guidelines

SirChenjins · 06/05/2023 10:50

ExhaustedPigwidgeon · 06/05/2023 10:47

There sure are some particularly stupid trolls out this morning aren’t there

Yep - but it follows a pattern.

Glad to see it’s been amen down but fuck me @YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet making fun of someone’s appearance under the guise of protecting freedom of speech and challenging societal inequalities is stretching the parameters of belief a bit.

Jonei · 06/05/2023 10:49

ExhaustedPigwidgeon · 06/05/2023 10:47

There sure are some particularly stupid trolls out this morning aren’t there

By that definition, that will be the majority of the people posting here. That's not nice of you.

EarringsandLipstick · 06/05/2023 10:49

TidyDancer · 06/05/2023 10:31

That's a 'sorry not sorry' response if ever I saw one.

For sure 🥺

EarringsandLipstick · 06/05/2023 10:48

YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet · 06/05/2023 10:26

Hi everyone - we’re sorry that the logo has upset everyone. We honestly didn’t think beforehand how it might go down as it was intended as bit of fun - but we take your point. 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. We've now taken it down.

God. What an non-polgy 😳

'Freely make fun of the rich & powerful'? That's not what you were doing though, and anyway, why 'make fun' of the rich & powerful? Hold them to account, question then, address inequalities - sure. But 'make fun'.

Again, memo to self to spend less time on MN.

From: an Irish poster living in Ireland with decidedly no monarchist leanings.