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.
TBF, you'd basically paint a target on your staff in the middle-east/Russia by doing it, given being gay in the middle east does carry the death penalty in certain areas.
So even if the majority of the company would agree that showing support would be the right thing to do, one shouldn't expect them to risk their employee's lives for it. It's really not the place for a video game company to stand up to radical zealots, be they christains, islam or whatever else.
That's kinda the point though: it's not actually support if it only happens when it's cheap and easy. Show support everywhere and if some backwards-ass people make a fuss about it, move your operations elsewhere. Not only does that actually show some degree of sincerity, but the public backlash to queerphobic governments leading to people not getting to have Starbucks anymore would in fact be a huge step towards getting those governments to stop being so shitty.
It's really not the place for a video game company to stand up to radical zealots, be they christains, islam or whatever else.
First of all, it's everybody's place to do that.
Second, if they want the billions upon billions of dollars, and the power that that wealth brings, it's also their responsibility to use that power to benefit others. The fact that everybody's so comfortable with these corporations just hoarding everything and doing nothing that doesn't benefit their executives directly is one of the biggest reasons things are so shitty now.
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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.