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BioWare Was Asked to Remove LGBTQ Flag from Canceled Mass Effect Game, Report Says
(www.polygon.com)
this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2026
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For context for any viewers who are wondering why @thingsiplay@lemmy.ml deleted his posts, he was saying this:
If you were wondering why he has so many downvotes, that is why. :)
rofl
Hehe...
I tend to reply to all my messages. It went on a while.
There is wrong characterization here. I'm just fed up with the bad faith argumentation. Its just a waste of time. And its clear that people don't accept any other opinion. Have fun with your witch hunt.
Too bad you deleted your own words, otherwise you'd have an easier time convincing people.
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I am merely providing the context of what you said because you are trying to skirt outside of public criticism by deleting your comments.
You made a fallacious claim that the removal of the Pride Flag had no meaning. You literally said it was "just a flag". You literally said the removal was meaningless because it had no significance to you. You literally said that the removal of that symbol does not symbolize the removal of LGBTQIA+ rights. You literally said that gay people are equally welcome in bars. You literally said that changes that don't impact gameplay or story have no meaning. You literally said that censorship before the release of the game was "not censorship" and that it has no meaning.
I have not misquoted you. If you feel like your own words paint you in a negative light, perhaps you shouldn't have said them.
Then why make a fallacious argument and protect it by restating it for several hours?
Sometimes there is a wisdom of the masses. Flags do have meaning, and their removal has meaning. You tried to argue against that point, which was misguided at best.
This was not a witch hunt. No one accused you of saying anything you did not say. No one accused you of actions, or hunted you in any way. You just said something incorrect and refused to accept you were incorrect. Allow me to remind you that I didn't fight you on your belief that it was an overblown issue, even though I disagree. I simply argued against your statement that it was without a qualitative meaning. The quantity was not a matter of discourse, but something you were entitled to have your own views on.
tl;dr: You weren't mischaracterized. If you want your comments to speak for yourself, restore them from the deletion. This post will stay, though, since I do not trust you to keep them restored.
Wrong characterization? I saw your bullshit before you deleted it and these things are literally what you said. God, you suck at your propaganda job