Temporary Mumsnet logo -not at all funny!

Ridiculing someone’s features on what is probably the most important day of their life is neither funny or clever.

BlueBelle

Wow very surprised at your reaction VS considering how you lecture everyone on kindness and inclusion

You're surprised?

Wow very surprised at your reaction VS considering how you lecture everyone on kindness and inclusion

I can't agree with those who think it's in the slightest bit funny.

Mocking someone's physical imperfections is wrong.
DH suffered years of torment at school and even into adulthood because his are similar.

Grow up.

VioletSky

Guilty laugh

So you were a bully at school?

You dont have to answer that. But you can if you want to.

What is your worst feature Baggs?

It's not offensive. Not sure why anyone would want to be offended over it.

Merely commenting on or using a well-known characteristic as MNHQ have in this instance is not automatically bullying or nasty.

King Charles is not a victim and this cartoon has not made him one. It is not "punching down".

VioletSky

Guilty laugh

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Guilty laugh

I don’t like people making fun of others especially if they have a physical difference.

But the whole point of cartoon-like comments, which is how I'd class this logo, is that they exaggerate physical characteristics.

Essentially this thread is anti-cartoon. Which, by Andrew Doyle's definition would count as puritanical in the modern sense.

It is certainly sad that Charles was bullied at school but I doubt that was all about his ears – more about his privilege, I suspect (which does not excuse it) – and, anyway, now he's the king. I expect he's pretty resilient about ears now.

Well I must be an old fuddy duddy too. The last thing most would think of me but hey ho. Smacks of schoolyard bullies.

Charles was relentlessly bullied at school. And his ears were pulled as part of the joke

It's cruel. But hey, maybe I'm just a fuddy-duddy-old-fogeyish type.

Gosh you wouldn’t find anyone less of a puritan than me and
I m far far from a fuddy duddy or an old fogey Baggs ( Keep going, cant you find some more) but I don’t like people making fun of others especially if they have a physical difference. Perhaps you hark back to the old days of four eyes cripple, spaz personally I thought we d moved on with respect of others, but obviously you’re still stuck in the old days
Unkind and disrespectful of Mumsnet

I don't think it's disrespectful. I would even argue that it could be seen as quite affectionate. That's how I saw it.

Can't speak for MNHQ of course.

And if people want to be appalled/horrified by something so insignificant, fine. But that does strike me as fuddy-duddy-old-fogeyish and what Andrew Doyle calls new puritanism.

I m not a royalist and not bothering to watch the coronation but that is horrible and disrespectful and I m very surprised that anyone would consider that funny
Just plain nasty

Did all MN have the right to vote for that?

At least they didn’t include his sausage fingers.

I think the outrage on here and MN is silly. It's just a bit of piss-taking about the most pompous day of the year so far.

Disclaimer: I actually think the Coronation is an important day in the UK and Charles's sticky-out ears have always been commented upon, as have those of my middle brother. It's not that big a deal.

Wish I knew what the 'pause' effect white lines between the ears are meant to represent.

Crikey! Who on earth thought that was a good idea.

Just plain disrespectful.

Probably quite funny if you are aged about six.

Havent been across, but looks awful.