It should come as no surprise to anyone that the U.S. city of New Bern has removed the penis from its coat of arms.
this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2026
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So progressive of New Bern, a transgender bear as a mascot.
Oh man - if I start spreading this around town it could be a good way to get them to put the penis back on.
Who is to say the original isn't a futanari?
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God, Americans are such sad people.
Yeah yeah, not all of them, but prettyuch all of those with money or power
Somehow the bear's eyerolling expression of despair looks more pronounced now.
It's the right to bear arms, not bear dongs
Fucking fascistss
Wait, they kept the coat of arms this entire time?
Well, technically they fixed it
What? They made it worse.
"Fix" is a euphemism for "neuter."
I wonder why they didn't also remove the 'Edward Penis-hands' while they were at it.
The town where Pepsi cola was invented
Just need a red magic marker to adjust them.
FYI, this design has been penisless since it was founded.
So New Bern is pro trans? Will they replace the penis with a handgun?
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Woke leftists want to force trans ideology on swiss bears
I'd start a petition to have the penis drawn bigger.
As a symbol of progress
imagine having so few real problems that you have time to be upset about coat of arms bear penis
It's good to see Switzerland upholding the right to bear penis.
fun fact: the doblerone logo contains a hidden bear in reference to the city of bern
Toblerone has also hidden much of the chocolate that used to come in the bars.
It used to, they had to stop using the Matterhorn in their logo because they left Switzerland
The new font is still so ugly to me.
Besides everything else that's ugly about them recently. The shrinking is also embarassing, and the product not as good anymore.
oh wow... TIL
Deserved. The Matterhorn isnt in Bern.
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Let it hang, Switzerland.
depict the bear without its masculine attributes, so that the population as a whole would feel better represented
How would a bear without a penis represent more people than a bear with a penis?
I bet if the bear had tits nobody would be sniveling about it.
Not much to do in Bern politics it seems...
The bear has always been depicted on official documents with a red phallus. In view of this tradition, the cantonal government believed that it was reasonable to continue to depict the bear in this way. Nor did it wish to conduct an online survey on the bear’s future appearance. In its view, such a survey would not be representative and would have little informative value.
Normally I'm pro-democracy but they make some good points here
This was officially brought into Parlament as a 'question'. Answering it without any aditional actions, is exactly how this is supposed to be handled.
With that shape and color, It looks like a bear claw is stuck in his penis. No wonder he's making that face.
Now I understand why there is a claw on its crotch. It's not a claw.
Dear God! No NSFW tag? That gigantic red bear penis is now seared into my memory until my dying day.
Please Mr. Trump, save us from the bear penis, send the seventh fleet to Switzerland!
In an age where the internet is a sea of porn people are bothered by a realistic depiction of a bear.
Did some prude have a hard on in removing it? Not going soft on the bear penis issue, the population erected a defense.
its kinda funny because i may have seen that before and I don't think I would have ever noticed without it being pointed out. Now much like rita repulsas boob cones I can't unsee it.
Can't spell Bern (Swiss) without Benis
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