The Internet Proved To A Guy Disapproving Of Xbox’s New Rainbow Logo That He Won’t Find A Company Not Supporting LGBTQ+
It’s Pride Month, a time when many celebrate the LGBTQ+ movement—both its values and beliefs as well as its community, which stands for self-affirmation, dignity, and equality, among many other human rights.
However, it has become a rather controversial issue, creating a huge divide between tradition and freedom, or traditionalism and liberalism. So, it should come as no surprise that there’s always gonna be people who don’t agree when a company comes out in support of the LGBTQ+ community…
… like when Xbox announced its support, and then this one guy protested, and then everyone shut him down.
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Xbox has recently shared their new icon to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month
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So, come June 1st, Xbox, among a number of other gaming (and beyond) companies, tweeted out their new LGBTQ+-themed logo in celebration of Pride Month.
The tweet was captioned “We believe everyone in the gaming community should have freedom to be themselves, both when you play and as you live,“ linking to a news article on their own website on the topic. Cause corporations.
But, as you might have guessed already, not everyone was pumped about the occasion. Namely one Twitter user responded with “Now I will buy a PlayStation.”
But someone wasn’t happy about it and came back with how they’ll switch to PlayStation now
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Now, it’s not clear what the reason here was—was he joking, was he seriously trying to channel his inner bigot, or was it just his way of protesting against corporations riding the wave of Pride Month? Regardless, people took it seriously and started responding in the best way possible—the good kind of trolling.
The internet was having none of it and took the guy for a ride to show just how much his bigotry is not appreciated
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So, Xbox points out its support for the LGBTQ+ community, and the guy switches to PlayStation. Another tweeter comes out with PlayStation’s tweet about how they carry the LGBTQ+ colors, the guy switches to the Nintendo Switch (ba-dum-ts!). The same tweeter points out Nintendo’s support for the LGBTQ+ community.
“PC then”—“Microsoft supports Pride, remember?” Linux? Bam! There’s a picture of an ArchLinux user who’s gay. At this point, the guy gives up, says he’ll stick to sports, but the internet isn’t having any of it and slaps him with a picture of the Football Vs. Homophobia initiative.
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The thread concluded with one of the tweeters saying that this was quite an adventure. And, honestly, it could have gone on and on beyond consoles, touching upon specific game developers, games, and franchises that delve deep into LGBTQ+ themes.
Don’t forget all of the popular faces in gaming, like LGBTQ+ streamers, gaming industry personalities, and gamers themselves! All in all, many connected to the industry are tolerant and supportive of the movement, so there certainly a lot of potential for this thread to expand appropriately.
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Some have pointed out that due to the ambiguity of the situation, this might not have been a hate thing because it might have also been an issue of protesting against companies that use Pride Month as a means of marketing, and only care about the bottom line, not the people they oh so support here.
Those arguing the corporate position have said that they have multiple branches based in different countries, and not all of them fly the LGBTQ+ flag, especially in more traditional countries, exposing the hypocrisy of it all. Then again, the guy would have probably been more articulate in that case?
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Regardless, the tweet went viral, not on Twitter, but rather as a repost on Imgur, where it gained just a bit over 4,000 likes with nearly 89,000 views.
What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comment section below!
Here are some comments from people responding to this story
TBH I don't support the logo's on Xbox, I think that it's disgusting.
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We need to get away from the idea that trolling someone online is the same as supporting a cause.
I'm all for people calling out hate when they see it. We don't need to gatekeep that. It's literally the least people can do and they should do it. We can't know from those posts what level of engagement any of them had with the cause. I didn't see anyone in there patting themselves on the back as a true activist or anything. Are you suggesting that people should not call out hate unless they've paid sufficient dues in the cause?
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I didn’t realise that, I’m laughing at all the bigoted homophobic people now with their Apple products! 🍎🌈
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As a queer person, while brands co-opting pride can seem pandering, it's super nice to see that businesses have decided that the majority is, at a minimum, OK with LGBT+... It's way more tangible than any news story or opinion poll.
I definitely agree. Hopefully once LGBTQ is more widely supported, brands will learn to be more tactful. But in the meantime, knowing that brands willingly associate themselves with the LGBTQ community is enough to make me smile at least a little because it means they don't actively despise us, lol
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"Screw this. I'm joining the European Union." The European Union: eu-flag-60...d3-png.jpg 
Conservatives are funny. They're like "cancel culture is stupid!" And the next thing you know, they're like, "BOYCOTT [company name] for ideological reasons!!!"
Hell, conservatives invented "cancel culture" - and while they didn't invent projection or hypocrisy, they're quite good at both. ;-)
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Well this cheered me up lol, that man is very persistent. He got what he deserved.
What's that saying? If you think everyone in the room is an asshole, you might be the problem. I think the same premise holds here.
Next message from @allandosprantos: "I'll play with myself then"... Just wait for the internet's response.
Almost everyone has a friend or relative who is homosexual. Some just aren't out to people they perceive as a threat. As we've seen repeatedly, the ones who are the nastiest opponents are often the most deeply closeted.
While I support LGBTQ rights, whoever designed that logo is a horrible designer. You can tell, not only from the way all the lines are crossing each other, but also because they chopped off the right crotch of the “x” so the corner is just flat black.
This! Why celebrate diversity with what looks like a giant ball of elastic bands!
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BAHAHAHA!!! People think XBOX/Microsoft actually care about any cause. They just pretend to support them to rake in the cash. It's complete virtue signaling for a buck.
The thing that bothers me is when you look for example on the USA Instagram account of a major company they are so supportive of the LGBTQ+ but then go to Instagram account of the same company but then for Russia, turkey or Indonesia (to name just a few) they aren't celebrating pride month at all. Be inclusive company wide or shut your pie hole. It's only inclusivity if you spread the message worldwide. It's dirty marketing when only spreading the message in regions where pride is profitable for your company.
I support him being Against LGBTQ. I know exactly what he means by that tbh. I support you Gengivão!
Conclusion : Companies don't care about spending a few cents to add colors everywhere if it can give them a good image (except in homophobic countries, of course. Yeah Renault, that's you I'm talking about) and bring more money. If homophobia was trendy, they would take advantage of that too. It is an insulte against LGBTQIAAPP+etc and so on blah blah blah people.
Grunga play with twig. Grunga break twig. Grunga try fix twig. Grunga make fire.
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The sentiment of the whole thing is cool but it honestly reads like a setup meant to generate traffic, exactly like the companies that visibly support the LGBTQ community for precisely one month each year. If the "OP" was as homophobic as this thread would like us to believe there's no way the final portion would be a simple "I give up" and there would have been the cursing version of wailing and gnashing of teeth going on throughout the thread.
"Companies/brands should, by default, be in support of everything and everyone." You're right, they should. But acceptance of the LGBTQ community is a very new & recent thing. One day the "We don't hate you!" message should hopefully be unnecessary as acceptance spreads, but at the moment homophobia & transphobia are so prevalent that companies distinguishing themselves as supportive isn't redundant.
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"Alan dos santos" is a Bolsonaro supporter, this twitter " dos prantos" makes fun of him
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Of course they support gays in the middle east. Why wouldn't they?
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That's what all women say too when we're being creeped on glad you get it
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No one was mean to him. They only pointed out the things he wanted to buy were also supportive of the lgtqb community which is people. How is that trolling?
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"Boohoo, I can't wear a rainbow without people assuming I support human rights & view LGBTQ people as equal! What a tragedy!" Fixed your post for you.
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TBH I don't support the logo's on Xbox, I think that it's disgusting.
Load More Replies... We need to get away from the idea that trolling someone online is the same as supporting a cause.
I'm all for people calling out hate when they see it. We don't need to gatekeep that. It's literally the least people can do and they should do it. We can't know from those posts what level of engagement any of them had with the cause. I didn't see anyone in there patting themselves on the back as a true activist or anything. Are you suggesting that people should not call out hate unless they've paid sufficient dues in the cause?
Load More Replies... I didn’t realise that, I’m laughing at all the bigoted homophobic people now with their Apple products! 🍎🌈
Load More Replies... As a queer person, while brands co-opting pride can seem pandering, it's super nice to see that businesses have decided that the majority is, at a minimum, OK with LGBT+... It's way more tangible than any news story or opinion poll.
I definitely agree. Hopefully once LGBTQ is more widely supported, brands will learn to be more tactful. But in the meantime, knowing that brands willingly associate themselves with the LGBTQ community is enough to make me smile at least a little because it means they don't actively despise us, lol
Load More Replies... "Screw this. I'm joining the European Union." The European Union: eu-flag-60...d3-png.jpg
Conservatives are funny. They're like "cancel culture is stupid!" And the next thing you know, they're like, "BOYCOTT [company name] for ideological reasons!!!"
Hell, conservatives invented "cancel culture" - and while they didn't invent projection or hypocrisy, they're quite good at both. ;-)
Load More Replies... Well this cheered me up lol, that man is very persistent. He got what he deserved.
What's that saying? If you think everyone in the room is an asshole, you might be the problem. I think the same premise holds here.
Next message from @allandosprantos: "I'll play with myself then"... Just wait for the internet's response.
Almost everyone has a friend or relative who is homosexual. Some just aren't out to people they perceive as a threat. As we've seen repeatedly, the ones who are the nastiest opponents are often the most deeply closeted.
While I support LGBTQ rights, whoever designed that logo is a horrible designer. You can tell, not only from the way all the lines are crossing each other, but also because they chopped off the right crotch of the “x” so the corner is just flat black.
This! Why celebrate diversity with what looks like a giant ball of elastic bands!
Load More Replies... BAHAHAHA!!! People think XBOX/Microsoft actually care about any cause. They just pretend to support them to rake in the cash. It's complete virtue signaling for a buck.
The thing that bothers me is when you look for example on the USA Instagram account of a major company they are so supportive of the LGBTQ+ but then go to Instagram account of the same company but then for Russia, turkey or Indonesia (to name just a few) they aren't celebrating pride month at all. Be inclusive company wide or shut your pie hole. It's only inclusivity if you spread the message worldwide. It's dirty marketing when only spreading the message in regions where pride is profitable for your company.
I support him being Against LGBTQ. I know exactly what he means by that tbh. I support you Gengivão!
Conclusion : Companies don't care about spending a few cents to add colors everywhere if it can give them a good image (except in homophobic countries, of course. Yeah Renault, that's you I'm talking about) and bring more money. If homophobia was trendy, they would take advantage of that too. It is an insulte against LGBTQIAAPP+etc and so on blah blah blah people.
Grunga play with twig. Grunga break twig. Grunga try fix twig. Grunga make fire.
Load More Replies... The sentiment of the whole thing is cool but it honestly reads like a setup meant to generate traffic, exactly like the companies that visibly support the LGBTQ community for precisely one month each year. If the "OP" was as homophobic as this thread would like us to believe there's no way the final portion would be a simple "I give up" and there would have been the cursing version of wailing and gnashing of teeth going on throughout the thread.
"Companies/brands should, by default, be in support of everything and everyone." You're right, they should. But acceptance of the LGBTQ community is a very new & recent thing. One day the "We don't hate you!" message should hopefully be unnecessary as acceptance spreads, but at the moment homophobia & transphobia are so prevalent that companies distinguishing themselves as supportive isn't redundant.
Load More Replies... "Alan dos santos" is a Bolsonaro supporter, this twitter " dos prantos" makes fun of him
Load More Replies... Of course they support gays in the middle east. Why wouldn't they?
Load More Replies... That's what all women say too when we're being creeped on glad you get it
Load More Replies... No one was mean to him. They only pointed out the things he wanted to buy were also supportive of the lgtqb community which is people. How is that trolling?
Load More Replies... "Boohoo, I can't wear a rainbow without people assuming I support human rights & view LGBTQ people as equal! What a tragedy!" Fixed your post for you.
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