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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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Happygirl79 · 06/05/2023 14:24

Have they removed it.

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.

gamerchick · 06/05/2023 14:26

Happygirl79 · 06/05/2023 14:24

Have they removed it.

Didn't think of checking?

Happygirl79 · 06/05/2023 14:27

I tried but couldn't find it

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.

Is this a joke…

AutumnCrow · 06/05/2023 14:44

ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 06/05/2023 14:41

Is this a joke…

Yes

ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 06/05/2023 14:46

AutumnCrow · 06/05/2023 14:44

Yes

You honestly never know these days!😅

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
Treesandsheepeverywhere · 06/05/2023 15:17

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

Absolutey not ok.

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?

EarringsandLipstick · 06/05/2023 15:35

@Jonei

Your posts don't make a lot of sense

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?

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.

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.

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.

lljkk · 06/05/2023 16:10

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.

Reasonableadjustments · 06/05/2023 16:15

I've been out. I haven't seen the thread about the kings teeth but I will go and look for it now and report it.

Nasty comments about appearance are not ok.

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NotOnTheList · 06/05/2023 16:21

lljkk · 06/05/2023 16:10

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.

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.

Jonei · 06/05/2023 16:23

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.

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

Efacsen · 06/05/2023 16:31

Reasonableadjustments · 06/05/2023 16:15

I've been out. I haven't seen the thread about the kings teeth but I will go and look for it now and report it.

Nasty comments about appearance are not ok.

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

ExhaustedPigwidgeon · 06/05/2023 16:31

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

SirChenjins · 06/05/2023 16:52

Jonei · 06/05/2023 16:23

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

No - it’s all yours.

DidyouNO · 06/05/2023 17:33

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!!

treespouse · 06/05/2023 19:56

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?!

Reasonableadjustments · 06/05/2023 19:59

I do hope Justine was making fun of the royals when she got her CBE

Or did she miss that memo?

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