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I take offense at this. I am autistic, this mod in question is just a bigot.
~~What I want to know now is whether this mod is associated with Canonical in any capacity.~~
On further research, this happened on the official Ubuntu boards, not Reddit as the link here implies. That makes this even more egregious. Canonical employees and official Ubuntu maintainers are responsible for this brazen homophobia. I gave up Ubuntu some time ago over Snaps and other creepy capitalist behavior, but this is a new low I didn’t expect from them.
People, don’t use Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, or anything from Canonical. It you need Debian compatibility try Mint or Debian, otherwise try Fedora. Bazzite is also amazing if all you do is play games. Canonical is just as evil and corrupt as the other big companies.
I'm not sure why you're moralizing so hard. I dont use ubuntu or any of their products.
In the first line I was attempting to make a joke, since I am autistic and the mod - or mods - clearly are bigots.
The post-strikethrough comments aren't directed at you, but at the disgusting behavior of Canonical. I'm sincerely sorry if I didn't make that part quite clear. ☹️