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

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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”.

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                Political action doesn’t exist only when viewed. Political actions taken against the LGBTQIA+ community are still political actions taken against the LGBTQIA+ community, regardless of whether the game is on the market.

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                The context was @[email protected] saying that the censorship was meaningless because it happened without the game being sold yet.

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                    In scenario A, let us say a journalist writes a report about corruption, and it is censored before being released to the public. In scenario B, the report is released, then immediately censored. In both cases, it is censored.

                    It is like this.