discuss Google Removes Pride Month

[Jason]

It's got nothing to do with what they believe in. It's all cowardice. They're afraid of Trump.

Same is true with Facebook and the coward Zuckerberg embracing his "masculinity" only because of fear of lawsuits

And the biggest joke is Trump who isn't really masculine,(whiny, obsessed with luxury, draft dodger) and is probably bisexual (Arnold Palmer comment).

 

[Harsh World]

It's got nothing to do with what they believe in. It's all cowardice. They're afraid of Trump.

Google didn't celebrate Pride Month for longer than they did celebrate Pride Month (1998-2014 vs 2014-2025).

The first celebration of Pride Month with Google aligns when the Disability Equality Index (DEI) pilot program, which Google would have aligned with more (starting in 2012, but the pilot program began in 2014).

The Disability Equality Index (DEI) was first introduced in 2012, with a pilot index conducted in 2014 involving 48 companies, and has continued annually since then, now encompassing over 100 companies.

Source: https://disabilityin.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DEI_FAQs.pdf

Blackrock, which arguably started this, pulled back on DEI in 2025.

BlackRock flips script on DEI policies in company-wide email: 'Announcing several changes'

BlackRock's leadership in a company wide email announced on Friday morning that it is moving away from DEI policies that have drawn the ire of conservatives.

www.foxbusiness.com

If we consider that Trump was President from 2016-2020, we can see that he wasn't the problem. Otherwise, the DEI wouldn't have gone on this long.

No, the problem is that Americans don't like discrimination, which DEI essentially is, and are finally pushing back with dollars, forcing companies to backtrack on all this garbage.

Has little to do with Trump and more to do with money. Just a more logical explanation for it...

 

[Pete Griffin]

I don't know why these movements require a full month. Wouldn't 'Pride Day' have more of an impact?

 

[Jason]

This stuff generates obvious resentment because where is "Good Ole Boy" pride month? I mean, seriously.

I got issues with Trump, but I see where his movement came from.

 

[Pete Griffin]

There’s an entire generation of disenfranchised white heterosexual males who feel as if they are the minority demographic now. The issue with ‘equality’ as a movement is that you risk the pendulum swinging too far in the opposite direction.

 

[Jason]

There’s an entire generation of disenfranchised white heterosexual males who feel as if they are the minority demographic now. The issue with ‘equality’ as a movement is that you risk the pendulum swinging too far in the opposite direction.

It seems like it's being shoved in people's faces via TV and movies. It doesn't seem natural. It seems to be promoting an agenda.

But note, I got nothing against racially mixed crowds, marriages etc, but you get my drift.

 

[ActionAce]

The issue here is viewed differently from my angle. Pride Month is good because it brings to the forefront the real life problems because of the marginalization and exclusion of the LGBTQ+ community. It is not about the promotion of gender but rather, equal treatment.

 

[Pete Griffin]

It is not about the promotion of gender but rather, equal treatment.

Is it equal treatment or preferential treatment?

 

[Jason]

I doubt if public schools are politically correct I'n many areas, just like they weren't when I attended (80s/early 90s)

The preferential treatment is an adult thing.