Later that year, he made headlines when he recorded a video blasting Starbucks for using minimalist red cups without any direct reference to Christmas during the holiday season.įeuerstein also uploaded a video onto the video-sharing website in which he is shown saying, “I say, tonight, we punish Planned Parenthood. In 2015, he unsuccessfully tried to order a cake that read, “We do not support gay marriage,” from a Florida bakery. Swastika symbol, or swastika emoji, sometimes written as swastica, svastika, svastica, svasti, even sauwastika ( specifically), and in German called hakenkreuz symbol. So copy-paste swastika with caution if you mean it as a nazi symbol. “This reaction is not actually available on Facebook, and is not something we’re working on.”įeuerstein’s anti-gay alt-right conservative views are well-known. In the west it's seen as a symbol of racism, symbol of hate and intolerance. “He can’t.” Added another: “ People took a symbol like the rainbow which means beauty and a non-destructive action and turned it into a destructive sinful symbol.”ĭespite the many requests from Feuerstein and his lemmings followers Facebook won’t give in. God cannot create people of the same sex to ever fall in love with one another,” one person commented. The next day, Hanna’s post was shared by Arizona-based anti-LGBT evangelist Joshua Feuerstein, who shared the image with his more than two million bigoted Facebook followers.įeuerstein’s post had racked up more than 19,000 likes, and had been shared more than 9,000 times. On June 24, Facebook user Hikmat Hanna posted an image asking the social network to create a cross reaction emoji. The move did not sit well with some extremist right-wing “Christians” Facebook officials said they created the reaction in an effort to “celebrate love and diversity” while reaffirming the company’s stance as “a platform that supports all communities.” While as a Christian, I’d be impressed to see Facebook include a cross emoji, I think Facebook’s current approach leads to division, not unity.Īnd that’s not what Jesus or Facebook is all about.Earlier this month, Facebook rolled out a special rainbow flag reaction emoji, allowing users to honor the LGBT community when responding to friends’ photos, statuses and other posts. Social media is ultimately a place for people to have a virtual presence where they can connect and belong. The debate is surely fueling a heated fire on Feuerstein’s viral post. If it’s in Facebook’s best interest to support “all communities,” this might just be the most complicated way possible. And what about the whole different can of worms–accommodating other religious affiliations? The world isn’t made up of just Christian communities and LGBTQ communities. Someone’s always offending somebody else, and I feel like incorporating this array of emojis just increases the turmoil among users. » New emojis are coming for 2019, include service dogs, inclusivity, sloth This is a bit of text trickery.
Do we really need a full keyboard of options-especially ones that are politically and religiously charged?įacebook is already a breeding ground for intense, negatively-fueled and “passionate” arguments. On iPhones, the tweet showed the crossed-out circle on the LGBT flag emoji. Rarely do I use more than the original “like” reaction in response to something I see online. If we’re being honest, I feel like the “KISS” method is probably in everyone’s best interest here: Keep it simple stupid. “This reaction is not actually available on Facebook, and is not something we’re working on.” How’s that for supporting “all communities?” Though the response was overwhelming, a spokesperson from Facebook has since confirmed that the cross reaction is not part of the platform’s agenda, telling HuffPost: