This forum is a Joke!
My solution: Moderators apologize to Monkey Man and request that he puts his avatar back.
Monkey Avatars are not offensive. Don't reward crybaby squealers. Teach them to use an available tool "Ignore Button". You don't like monkey avatars, ignore it and you won't see it.
Sorry Nicky, you're a very gracious man but this is rubbish, you were put in a bad spot by moderators requesting you take down your avatar, politely or not politely, it's still ill advised and wrong in every way. In my world, they owe you an apology for ""politely " taking away a privilege you're entitled to but in the world as seen in the picture below they don't owe you anything.
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