The Minnesota Vikings received an onslaught of backlash on social media after it hired two male cheerleaders, Louie Conn and Blaize Shiek. Earlier this month, the NFL team softly announced on Instagram that its cheer squad had a few new additions.

Joy Taylor wrote, “So teaching kids slavery was not a big deal is acceptable, but male cheerleaders is where ‘conservatives’ draw the line,” as she added laughing emojis.