Some conservatives absolutely lost it on Sunday after the New England Patriots posted an image online to mark the first day of Pride Month.
“We celebrate together,” the NFL team captioned a picture showing the LGBTQ+ pride flag on the big screen at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
“Pride is a sin,” commented one user on X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly named Twitter.
“We’re so sick of this,” said another.
Added a third: “No we don’t. It is Veterans Appreciation Month. I see why Tom Brady left y’all. Disgusting.”
Some claimed to have “fixed” the image by swapping the pride flag for the Stars and Stripes. Others demanded a boycott of the Patriots, referencing the attempted right-wing cancellation of Bud Light following its partnership with trans activist Dylan Mulvaney.
Defenders of the post, though, said the hatred exhibited in the comments only served to show exactly why Pride Month, which recognizes the LGBTQ+ community, is so important.
The Patriots have yet to respond to the vitriol leveled at the post.
But in 2022, after sharing a similar post celebrating Pride Month, it wrote online: “Our comment section is monitored and there is no room for hate.”
