Popular modding site Nexus Mods has banned the user who removed the Pride flags in the PC version of Marvel’s Spider-Man, sparking an outcry that the site has actively disengaged from.
The original mod was called “Non-Newtonian New York,” and replaced the in-game Pride flags dotted around New York City with US flags.
As today’s announcement from Nexus Mods explains, “In regards to the replacement of Pride flags in this game, or any game, our policy is thus: we are for inclusivity, we are for diversity. If we think someone is uploading a mod on our site with the intent to deliberately be against inclusivity and/or diversity then we will take action against it.”
The flag is political.
How is that a problem? Its a representating of a collective who happen to be marginalized throughout history and wish better treatment and representation by expressing their identity in the most basic way possible. Just letting the world known they exist and deserve equal respect.
There are countless groups which fit the same description. Doesnt mean they should all be represented with flags in a freaking spiderman game.
Why not?
As if the US flag isn’t
It sure is.