New England Patriots' Pride Month Post Has (Like Clockwork) Triggered A Right-Wing Freak-Out
Some conservatives absolutely lost it on Sunday after the New England Patriots posted an image online to mark the first day of Pride Month.
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'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.'
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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.
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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.'
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
Looking for more LGBTQ+ or Pride content? Then check out all of BuzzFeed's posts celebrating Pride 2025.
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