Sunday, June 18, 2023

“No, there is no setting in the app to enable you to turn off the cryptozoological icons and the gay flag.”

At Our Wickes End
"It’s Pride Month once again – a season that, I can only imagine, inspires terror in corporate leaders across the land. 
  • For any sizeable company, these are treacherous waters: the Pride flag is becoming increasingly embarrassing and toxic, yet companies still have to publicly ‘celebrate’ Pride, like some kind of Festivus, or face 
  • a backlash from Stonewall, 
  • a downgrade in their ESG rating, 
  • angry articles in the Guardian
  •  and minor politicians lamenting things.
This puts company directors in a difficult spot.
They have to do something to appear to support drag queen story hour for kids, but not so much as to hack off their ‘bigoted’ customers...




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