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Apple CEO Tim Cook: "I'm Proud to be Gay"

posted by n1 on Thursday October 30 2014, @07:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the gay-to-be-proud dept.

SrLnclt writes:

Tim Cook has recently chosen to disclose his sexual orientation.

While I have never denied my sexuality, I haven’t publicly acknowledged it either, until now. So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.

At some point society may no longer be surprised when an athlete, celebrity, politician, or other public figure publicly acknowledges his/her sexual orientation. However, we may not be at that point yet.

Will Tim Cook's announcement have any impact on how people view Apple as a company or the likelihood that people will buy their products?

 
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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 30 2014, @09:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 30 2014, @09:49PM (#111684)

    Do you consistently apply this philosophy? Would you tolerate and even encourage the same "Fuck you! I'm not ashamed of who I am--I'm proud of it!" attitude if the person expressing it were, say, into beastiality instead of homosexuality?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 30 2014, @10:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 30 2014, @10:12PM (#111691)

    Clearly somebody childish and intolerant has some mod points and is using them abusively to censor perfectly fine discussion.

    Can somebody else with mod points please do the right thing and mod up the parent comment, along with the others under this submission that have been incorrectly modded down, so we may continue to discuss this matter like adults?

    SoylentNews isn't Reddit. We should be able to discuss matters such as this here without some freaks getting their feelings hurt and downmodding perfectly fine comments for no good reason.

    • (Score: 1) by pert.boioioing on Friday October 31 2014, @01:40AM

      by pert.boioioing (1117) on Friday October 31 2014, @01:40AM (#111760)

      No, because it's a stupid and deliberately inflammatory comment that adds absolutely nothing to the discussion.