Barstool Sports is facing backlash over its support for Pride month, and the sports betting blog is hitting back, The Daily Beast reports.
Barstool Sports, which in 2020 launched the Barstool Sportsbook mobile app, became the latest target of right-wing activists after it announced on Thursday that was commemorating Pride month, tweeting a video in which Barstool writer Pat McAuliffe advertises Pride-themed merchandise with proceeds benefiting The LGBT Center of New York.
“Barstool Sports is donating to a group that supports children getting sex changes and hosts workshops for kids to learn drag. Is this what you support @stoolpresidente?” failed Republican House candidate Robby Starbuck tweeted.
“Get woke. Go Broke,” Twitter user @SmoakBloak wrote.
Barstool Sports responded in an online essay titled “Pour One Out For These Poor Fans Who Are Now Boycotting Barstool Due To Our Pride Merch.”
The essay includes a list of social media posts attacking the website over its support for Pride month.
“You'll notice that effectively none of these comments comes from a real account. They're all anonymous, hidden, dare I say…closeted. For these heroes are bold enough to let the world know they will not stand for gay propaganda from their favorite company's twitter account; just not quite bold enough to attach their face to those opinions,” comedian Francis Cellis writes for the website.
“On and on it went: petulant whine after petty sulk after pouty fit after pathetic mope. It was like peering in at some flipped, homophobic version of a liberal arts college safe space forum, where the moderator was passing the mic to every student for a chance to voice their displeasure over… what was it again? What elicited this rage?”
