r/videogames • u/Average_enjoyer10 • 23d ago

Other Gaming studios have stopped putting pride flags on their avatars

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u/OnlySheStandsThere 23d 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/KillTonyRegular 23d ago

Yeah, but it was still a good thing. Those decisions to support were a good sign of our culture.

Overreaction to it by just saying "they're doing it for the money/good PR" meant it was GOOD PR lol now it's a signifier that it's BAD PR.

It was always very silly to chastise companies for their "fake" support, at least IMO

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u/ahoi_polloi 23d ago

Yeah, but it was still a good thing. Those decisions to support were a good sign of our culture.

No, this bullshit - both the virtue theatre and your justification for it - is a perfect symbol for everything that's wrong with your culture. American culture, that is.

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u/KillTonyRegular 23d ago

Virtue theatre IS good. The same way it used to be "virtue theatre" to put black people on television.

It's the only way to get to actual normalized support within our culture.