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?
As I said, if they removed or changed gameplay, story or characters to censor, then I would consider a problem. I never had a problem with removing flags that symbolize something specific (also in different context). But the hypothetical game where queer content was removed is not what I was initially responding to, that is something you made up for our discussion. I’m just talking about the removal of the flag being okay.
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 was “just fabric”, but it carries political weight, and denying that is an exercise in fallacy.
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.
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?
As I said, if they removed or changed gameplay, story or characters to censor, then I would consider a problem. I never had a problem with removing flags that symbolize something specific (also in different context). But the hypothetical game where queer content was removed is not what I was initially responding to, that is something you made up for our discussion. I’m just talking about the removal of the flag being okay.
I think it’s incredibly naive to think that when EA shit their pants because of a rainbow flag they will stop there.
It might be, but that is not my argument. I’m literally talking about the flag. If we talk about more than that, then its a different thing.
A flag is more than a graphical element on a slide, you know.
As long as nothing else is affected, it becomes just a graphical element in a game.
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 was “just fabric”, but it carries political weight, and denying that is an exercise in fallacy.
I disagree. Its just a flag.
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.
no the removal request was a political action