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GTA Trilogy May Have Removed Confederate Flag

Grand Theft Auto fans spot a change in the GTA Trilogy trailer that suggests the collection is going to remove the Confederate flag.

gamerant.com

As pointed out by Reddit user Chazza354, it seems that Rockstar Games has changed the appearance of Phil Cassidy in the Grand Theft Auto trilogy so that he no longer has a Confederate flag t-shirt. In place of the Confederate flag is a skull logo of some kind. While the Confederate flag is highly controversial, some still see this as an odd move given the nature of the GTA games and that it's used in a satirical fashion. The Grand Theft Auto games don't celebrate the Confederate flag, but rather make fun of the characters that associate with it.

The possibility has been floated that Rockstar Games only removed the Confederate flag in the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy reveal trailer, but plans on keeping it in the game itself. If that was the case, though, one would think that Rockstar Games would have simply not shown any clips of Phil Cassidy in the reveal trailer to save itself from time. The more likely explanation is that the Confederate flag has been removed from GTA Trilogy, though Rockstar Games itself has not offered any clarification at the time of this writing.

If Rockstar Games has removed the Confederate flag from Grand Theft Auto Trilogy, it wouldn't even mark the first time that the flag has been removed from one of its games. As some may recall, Grand Theft Auto 5 changed a Confederate flag at one of its trailer parks to an American flag, though it did keep the Confederate flag clearly visible in other areas of the game.

 

[Fare thee well]

Oh jeeze, here we go again.

 

[rkofan87]

booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[cormack12]

Oh jeeze, here we go again.

Noooooooooo, it's

 

[Skifi28]

What an American problem to have.

 

[N0S]

Next level lame

 

[rkofan87]

its called satire woke rockstar you cucks.

 

[coffinbirth]

I mean...good?
If anyone is out there getting upset at the removal of a confederate flag in a video game, maybe you have bigger issues.

INB4 "but, but, buuuuut game preservation"
For the love of bacon, please STFU. There are millions of copies of these games in the world and will be easily accessible long after your concerned corpse is nothing but dust and your bloodline has ended.

"But, but, buuuuut disc rot, but, but, buuut"....shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhuuuuuut it.

 

[Yoda]

Not a good sign. The game's leans HEAVILY into satire and it can't do that if it's trying to appease the woke game journalists.

 

[Swift_Star]

Who cares about the confederates? Only special snowflakes would care about this.

 

[ReBurn]

I'm trying so hard to care but I just can't.

 

[DeadOblivion78]

Who cares about the confederates?

No one cause they lost.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Why is Confederate flag controversial and Spanish or British are not?

Why stop at one? Let’s ban flags of all countries (existing or not) that did fucked up shit in the past.

 

[rkofan87]

I mean...good?
If anyone is out there getting upset at the removal of a confederate flag in a video game, maybe you have bigger issues.

INB4 "but, but, buuuuut game preservation"
For the love of bacon, please STFU. There are millions of copies of these games in the world and will be easily accessible long after your concerned corpse is nothing but dust and your bloodline has ended.

"But, but, buuuuut disc rot, but, but, buuut"....shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhuuuuuut it.

go back to era.

 

[SentientStone]

Should've at least made it pink so he could be mistaken as a Bret Hart fan.

 

[DrAspirino]

Who cares about the confederates? Only special snowflakes would care about this.

That's the entire joke, man!!!

The confederate flag was in the original game to piss off and mock the people that care about it.

 

[DeadOblivion78]

go back to era.

Alright snowflake, stop getting triggered by text.

 

[lefty1117]

I remember being 7 or 8 years old and watching the Dukes of Hazzard ... I thought the General Lee was the coolest car ever, and that flag looked so bad ass on it. I had no idea who General Lee was or what the flag was about. Maybe that's the problem with some people that want to hold on to it despite it representing a treasonous, slavery-loving faction in our nation's past ... they're still just little kids. Time for the country to grow up

 

[rkofan87]

Not a good sign. The game's leans HEAVILY into satire and it can't do that if it's trying to appease the woke game journalists.

this is vcpr gone as well

 

[Kilau]

 

[Wildebeest]

To bait controversy and outrage in 2000 you added a confederate flag, but to bait controversy and outrage in 2020 you remove one.

 

[NomadicAsiatic]

So it begins…

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Where's that goon that was arguing in the other thread that "update the game for modern audiences" (in their words) "probably means control changes"?

I hope that poster feels like a right pollock now.

This is exactly the shit we were anticipating. Totally, misses the point of the OG artists' satirical intent.

 

[purpletentacle]

I mean...good?
If anyone is out there getting upset at the removal of a confederate flag in a video game, maybe you have bigger issues.

INB4 "but, but, buuuuut game preservation"
For the love of bacon, please STFU. There are millions of copies of these games in the world and will be easily accessible long after your concerned corpse is nothing but dust and your bloodline has ended.

"But, but, buuuuut disc rot, but, but, buuut"....shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhuuuuuut it.

fuck that flag. fuck what it symbolizes.

 

[Javthusiast]

We already have a being concerned about censorship in gta definitive trilogy thread. We seriously need one about a fucking flag?

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

i am so upset, enraged, and offended. how dare they do this to us all. thanks for ruining our lives, rockstar.

 

[8BiTw0LF]

I thought this were the confederate flag..

 

[Flintty]

Trying to go woke in a game where you can fuck a prostitute and then rob her to get your money back feels like pissing in the wind to me.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Oh god, oh no, how will I ever enjoy the game now with that t-shirt missing? Just don't fuck with more important game content such as the shit you hear on the radio. I want as authentic an experience to the original games as possible.

 

[rkofan87]

We already have a being concerned about censorship in gta definitive trilogy thread. We seriously need one about a fucking flag?

its not about the flag its well if the flags gone what other stuff is out vcpr from vc?

 

[SenjutsuSage]

I thought this were the confederate flag..

I like you.

 

[coffinbirth]

go back to era.

Awwwwwwwww, aren't you a cutie

fuck that flag. fuck what it symbolizes.

Seems easy enough, but here we are.

 

[Darkskill]

There’s a Gadsden (don’t tread on me) flag in one of the shops RDR2. I’m surprised they haven’t removed it yet.

 

[Phunkydiabetic]

fuck that flag. fuck what it symbolizes.

I dont disagree with this statement, but in the context of the GTA universe the confederate flag was most definitely not glorified in any way. In typical gta fashion it was used satirically.

 

[GametimeUK]

Next Wolfenstein ain't gonna have swastikas in it at this rate.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Swift_Star]

Next Wolfenstein ain't gonna have swastikas in it at this rate.

That doesn't make any sense and they removed it from the game in Germany anyway.

 

[coffinbirth]

I dont disagree with this statement, but in the context of the GTA universe the confederate flag was most definitely not glorified in any way. In typical gta fashion it was used satirically.

Satire is lost on morons and sustaining the usage of that imagery normalizes it. I would probably have a slightly softer stance if it mattered, like....at all in this game, but it doesn't.

 

[Swift_Star]

To bait controversy and outrage in 2000 you added a confederate flag, but to bait controversy and outrage in 2020 you remove one.

Most people won't care about the removal.

 

[Javthusiast]

its not about the flag its well if the flags gone what other stuff is out vcpr from vc?

Hence the thread we already have. And btw should they censor much moore then I will be pissed too, but not over confederate flags. Though the character is a redneck idiot so why they removed it I don't get.

 

[GametimeUK]

That doesn't make any sense and they removed it from the game in Germany anyway.

The swastika was included in the latest Wolfenstein game in Germany.

 

[ViolentP]

As if this diminishes the game at all.

 

[dotnotbot]

This is just the tip of the ice berg

 

[bargeparty]

You had to make a whole new post about this? It's been mentioned like everywhere already.

 

[rkofan87]

Awwwwwwwww, aren't you a cutie


Seems easy enough, but here we are.

my man that a low blow my apologies.

 

[Swift_Star]

The swastika was included in the latest Wolfenstein game in Germany.

Only because they removed the ban in 2018.

Germany lifts total ban on Nazi symbols in video games

After decades of German video games censoring Nazi bad guys, the rules have changed.

www.bbc.com

Before that was a no no.

 

[Kacho]

As if this diminishes the game at all.

I’m not down with censorship but I have to agree with this. I won’t notice any of the censorship unless it’s pointed out to me.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

 

[LiquidMetal14]

As long as the killing is in a running of red lights and the other saintly things no problem.

 

[coffinbirth]

my man that a low blow my apologies.