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National Journal's Rebecca Nelson reports about the Republicans lurking in the shadows of the Bay Area:
Deep in Silicon Valley, where the free market reigns and the exchange of ideas is celebrated, a subset of tech workers are hiding their true selves.
They're the tech company employees, startup founders, and CEOs who vote for and donate to Republican candidates, bucking the Bay Area's liberal supremacy. Fearing the repercussions of associating with a much-maligned minority, they keep their political views fiercely hidden.
The consequences for being outed for conservative views can be dire. In a highly public controversy last year, newly-hired Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich stepped down after critics attacked his 2008 donation to support Proposition 8, the anti-same-sex marriage law in California. Eich, who declined to comment for this story, faced an internal uprising from within the Mozilla community, as well as boycotts from other tech companies, and quit after just two weeks on the job.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by q.kontinuum on Thursday April 09 2015, @12:57PM
I guess this could be generalized to all topics outside work scope and beyond small-talk. I would usually consider it OK to probe a bit in any topic, and if we are in agreement we can meet for a coffee and a social circlejerk, or even some exchange of information and new aspects. Maybe, if the differences are manageable, there can even be a valuable and fruitful discussion, but any not work-related heated argument imo has to be kept out of work.
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