Pink Floyd followers are hitting again in opposition to anti-LGBTQ2 trolls who’ve criticized the band for being “woke” for reinventing their iconic rainbow emblem as a part of their fiftieth anniversary celebration.
Last week, the British rockers launched a deluxe field set of their 1973 hit album Dark Side of the Moon, up to date with a recent tackle the album’s unique artwork — the extensively recognizable prism refracting gentle.
The band posted the tailored minimalist model of the brand to Facebook, which now options the quantity 50 contained in the prism, with the 0 crammed in with a rainbow.
Some of the band’s so-called followers took the brand new emblem as a press release of assist for the LGBTQ2 Pride motion and lashed out on the band within the feedback.
Actor George Takei, together with many others, shared among the reactions to the Facebook publish.
“Lose the rainbow, you’re making yourself look stupid!” wrote one detractor, with one other individual replying, “from this moment i (sic) don’t listen to this band.”
Another individual weighed in with, “are you going woke with rainbows, is there a straight flag, I want equal representation, don’t get me wrong, we should all be true to who we are. Peace.”
For each remark calling the band out of their “woke agenda,” nonetheless, there have been dozens of feedback mocking these followers and reminding them of the unique Dark Side imagery.
Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ file with its unique design.
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“I heard if you listen to it backwards you can hear boomers complaining,” joked one individual on Facebook.
“Judging by some comments, many of you took the ‘we don’t need no education’ line to heart,” wrote one other, calling to thoughts one other well-known Pink Floyd tune.
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Others identified that Dark Side of the Moon was launched in 1973, 5 years earlier than Gilbert Baker created the Pride flag.
Twitter additionally had a discipline day, with loads of individuals cracking jokes concerning the outrage.
“Wait until they hear about the rainbow in the Bible,” one individual wrote in response to Takei’s publish.
Pink Floyd band members seem like ignoring the chatter and haven’t publicly responded to the criticism.
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