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Subject: Welcome to Another Corporate Pandering, er, Pride Month
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First question that ought to spring to everyone's mind is, why is it 
that soldiers who gave their lives defending the country only get one 
day of remembrance but the purple-haired freak with a dildo stuck on the 
top of his head gets an entire month?

Next up, have you ever noticed how all these corporations change their 
logos to rainbows for Pride Month here in America but overseas, in 
places like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, their logos remain unchanged.

It's almost like they're not really taking a stand for LGBTQIA-LMNOP 
rights at all, just pandering for the social justice credit where they 
think they can get away with it and avoiding it like the plague where 
they know it will hurt them.

"But," you might say, "the reason they don't change the logos in places 
like Saudi Arabia is because they don't want to be beheaded for 
violating Islamic religious laws hostile to gay people."

Which means these corporations only advocate for human rights when it's 
safe and comfy and without risk. How stunning. How brave. How stunningly 
brave.

But these stunningly brave corporations weren't on board with 
celebrating gays here in America, either, when there was no danger of 
physical violence. Just social disapproval. You didn't see any corporate 
sponsorships and rainbow logo changes back when Pride first started, 
when gays actually *needed* their support.

You see, homosexuality was controversial back then and corporations just 
want money, not controversy.

Now that the battle has been safely won, they're all over Pride, 
virtue-signaling by pretending to help smash down doors that have 
already been opened long ago without their help.

So Coca-Cola sponsors Pride events in Los Angeles, but do you think 
they'll do the same thing in Uganda, where the support of a 
billion-dollar multi-national corporation with significant influence 
over government officials can make a helluva difference for gay rights?

Don't hold your breath.

Meanwhile, PostMates has re-published their "Bottom-Friendly" menu for 
Gay Pride Month.

I honestly never thought I'd see "How to avoid shitting on a dick while 
getting fucked in the ass" as a marketing campaign for food delivery, 
but here we are.

Sweet meteor of death, what's taking you so long?