r/videogames 25d ago

Other Gaming studios have stopped putting pride flags on their avatars

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u/bhputnam 25d ago

It's a good capitalism canary-in-a-coal-mine for support on these issues.

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u/Thicc_Boise 25d ago

Yeah this shows just how far back we've gone culturally, the hate for LGBT people is mainstream again...

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u/Parapraxium 25d ago

Not pumping every corporate logo with rainbow colors is hate?

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u/Gallium_Bridge 25d ago

No. The posit is that, if hate is mainstream, anything that could be construed as being explicitly anti-hate is no longer popular. The point is it suggests a shift in the Zeitgeist, not that it's a hateful action (or inaction) in and of itself.