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People Are Losing Their Minds Over Major League Baseball's Pride Tweet, Like It's Wild We're Still Doing This

It wouldn't be Pride without meltdowns like these!

Matt Stopera
by Matt Stopera

BuzzFeed Staff

Happy Pride!

Older person holding a rainbow flag, wearing glasses and a striped shirt, sitting on a couch with cushions in the background
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It's that time of year when your *favorite* brands make their obligatory pride posts.

happy pride month to all the tops and bottoms
🀭🌈 pic.twitter.com/pa9TQ88OZW

β€” OneTopic (@OneTopicAtATime) June 1, 2024
Twitter: @OneTopicAtATime

Major League Baseball posted this picture, and, well, people lost their minds.

Baseball is everyone’s game. #PRIDE pic.twitter.com/NwWWlhQYqj

β€” MLB (@MLB) June 1, 2024
Twitter: @MLB

The replies are full of angry people with the typical outrage.

A Twitter thread shows Marigold Sweetwater criticizing clowns, Charmaine Harbert agreeing but adding not to single out any group, and TheTexasOne replying "No thank you"
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Gargoyles, demons, psychics etc.

Tweets about LGBT-related topics: "just do baseball" by @mypenplease, "Demonic" by Graham Allen, and "Do not promote sin on X, it should be illegal" by Lord Miles
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"I am only here to enjoy the baseball game," one angry person said.

Tweet by Geraldinne (@GeraldinneRizki) on Jun 1, stating "I am only here to enjoy the baseball game" with 90 comments, 6 retweets, and 2.1K likes
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"When is heterosexual, traditional family month in the MLB?" another angry person asked.

Tweet from Downtown Fairy on June 1 asking, "So when is heterosexual, traditional family month in MLB?" The tweet has 4 comments, 10 retweets, and 955 likes
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And this person pulled out a classic: "Pride is a month, Vertans is a day."

A tweet from @Hou_2A stating: "Pride is a month, Veterans is a day. Something is messed up there." The tweet has 234 replies, 148 retweets, 3K likes, and 130K views
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Not everyone was so crazy, though!

An older person with gray hair and glasses holds a rainbow flag, standing in a cobblestone alley. No names specified
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An equal number of people love it.

I love seeing all of these. Sports are for everyone.

HAPPY PRIDE!🌈🌈🌈🌈 https://t.co/ztG2xtGEhP

β€” Jaclyn DeAugustino (@JacDeAug) June 1, 2024
Twitter: @JacDeAug

"The B in LGBT stands for Baseball fan," one person said.

The B in LGBT stands for Baseball fan https://t.co/aZw91QMtdk

β€” Panda Diplomacy Stan (@corinne_jess) June 2, 2024
Twitter: @corinne_jess

"I love gay baseball," another person commented.

I LOVE GAY BASEBALL ⚾️🌈✨ https://t.co/WaEh453A03

β€” amandabear πŸΌΰΎ€ΰ½²πŸ’–πŸŒˆ (@versacebain) June 2, 2024
Twitter: @versacebain

And this person pointed out: "The comments always show us why public support has never been more important."

Happy Pride!

The comments always show us why public support has never been more important https://t.co/93meX8l4Sv

β€” Eric Bach (@eric_bach7) June 1, 2024
Twitter: @eric_bach7

Ultimately, it wouldn't be Pride without people getting mad at a company for posting something that says "Happy Pride, everyone belongs." It's practically tradition now!

A person with a broad smile raises a rainbow flag overhead, symbolizing LGBT pride and celebration. They are wearing a light shirt
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Looking for more LGBTQ+ or Pride content? Then check out all of BuzzFeed's posts celebrating Pride 2024.

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