{"id":2856,"date":"2023-06-07T22:30:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T22:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/?p=2856"},"modified":"2023-06-07T22:30:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T22:30:01","slug":"mlb-quietly-removes-rainbow-pride-logo-sparking-twitter-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/07\/mlb-quietly-removes-rainbow-pride-logo-sparking-twitter-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Quietly Removes Rainbow \u201cPride\u201d Logo, Sparking Twitter Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

It appears that the Major Leauge Baseball Twitter account just quietly removed the \u201cPride\u201d logo, a rainbow version of their classic batter stance logo, from their Twitter account. The conservative Twitter account \u201cEnd Wokeness\u201d drew attention to that surprising change, saying, \u201cWow. The MLB just quietly removed their LGBTQ+ Pride logo<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the screenshot End Wokeness provided:<\/p>\n

Wow. The MLB just quietly removed their LGBTQ+ Pride logo.\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/LaOkN70pXo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness)\u00a0June 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The MLB claimed, in a statement to Newsweek, that the logo change had nothing to do with conservative boycotts and was instead because the League wanted to recognize Lou Gehrig Day. Newsweek, reporting on that claim,\u00a0said<\/a>, \u201cMLB told Newsweek that the organization always planned to recognize the beginning of Pride Month on June 1. Friday marked Lou Gehrig Day, which is celebrated leaguewide, and MLB later updated its profile picture to reflect that \u2018as was the intended plan all along.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

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However, it is now after Lou Gehrig Day and the logo is still the non-rainbow version, so the MLB has decided, for now, to not revert to the Pride logo for the rest of June.<\/p>\n

In any case, a snippy Twitter battle was sparked in the comments section of End Wokeness\u2019 tweet, with Twitter commenters disagreeing over whether the non-Pride logo reversion was a good or bad thing and some chiming in to say that the MLB is, regardless of its logo colors, still very woke.<\/p>\n

BowTiedRanger, for example, said that the MLB\u2019s pro-LGBTQ+ sentiment is \u201cstill there\u201d regardless of what the logo looks like and called that sentiment \u201cdemonic,\u201d\u00a0saying<\/a>, \u201cI can assure you the demonic values are still there.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

On the other side, a seemingly left-leaning account decried the change as being unsopportive of \u201cthe LGBTQ+ community\u201d and claimed that support of that community is important, saying, \u201cThis is really disappointing news. It\u2019s important for organizations to show support to the LGBTQ+ community, especially in sports, where there is still a lot of work to be done in terms of inclusivity and acceptance.<\/em>\u201d Responding, Indian Bronson said, \u201cNothing about people\u2019s sexuality is relevant to baseball<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Another account asked if this logo change is a step in the right direction, asking, \u201cIs this a sign that things are becoming rational and normal again?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201d Indian Bronson replied to that tweet as well, calling out the drift toward complacency sparked by minor changes and indicating he thinks this isn\u2019t even an important first step. In his words: \u201cNo. Everyone who thinks this was a good idea needs to be removed from institutions. Conservative complacency knows no bounds.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Another account claimed that other big name accounts did the same thing as the MLB, changing the logo to a rainbow version for a day then switching it right back, saying, \u201cSo did several others. They do this every year \u2013 put it up for the first day and then change it back overnight. Excellent examples of virtue signaling.<\/em>\u201d That account then pointed to the US Navy as an example of the one day \u201cPride\u201d logo switch:<\/p>\n

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It remains to be seen if the MLB will change the logo back under pressure, try to dodge the issue as the Dodgers deal with their\u00a0Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence decision<\/a>, or something else happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It appears that the Major Leauge Baseball Twitter account just quietly removed the \u201cPride\u201d logo, a rainbow version of their classic batter stance logo, from their Twitter account. The conservative Twitter account \u201cEnd Wokeness\u201d drew attention to that surprising change, saying, \u201cWow. The MLB just quietly removed their LGBTQ+ Pride logo.\u201d Here\u2019s the screenshot End […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-daily-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2858,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856\/revisions\/2858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}