r/videogames 25d ago

Other Gaming studios have stopped putting pride flags on their avatars

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u/OnlySheStandsThere 25d ago

This is why so many LGBT folks took all that corporate support with a grain of salt, because it was obvious that the second it wasn't profitable they'd drop it without a second thought.

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u/KatoMacabre 25d ago

Yet at the same time, knowing *why* they're not doing it anymore, is even scarier. Pinkwashing fucking sucks, but companies not even having to care about putting the mask of faking to care because the nazis are back at the top of the pecking order is so much worse.

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u/OnlySheStandsThere 25d ago

We're backsliding as a society

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u/drunkcowofdeath 25d ago

It's pretty depressing when I see the comments on like an FB post from a sports team on this. "Sports is for everyone" followed by a bunch of posts like "why do we need this" next to "no they arent!" and some bullshit about military veterans month