A former BioWare employee says that EA’s new management wasn’t on board with the developer’s inclusiveness.

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    2 days ago

    Can I ask you something else: Would you consider the hypothetical game “intact” if intrinsically planned queer content was removed from the game after a totally hypothetical request?

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        I think it’s incredibly naive to think that when EA shit their pants because of a rainbow flag they will stop there.

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                The removal request was political. That is the same as if someone were to tear down the flag of a nation from a plaza. Sure, it would be “just fabric”, but its removal carries political weight, and denying that is an exercise in fallacy.

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                    Flags exist as symbols. That is the entire purpose of a flag. Therefore, removing a symbol is a symbolic removal of the thing it stands for. The Pride Flag symbolizes LGBTQIA+ rights. Therefore, it’s removal symbolizes removal of those rights.

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                    The context was @[email protected] making the case that the Pride Flag has no meaning, and is “just a flag”.