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posted by on Thursday April 09 2015, @09:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the shhh-don't-tell-anybody dept.

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.

 
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  • (Score: 1) by triklyn on Thursday April 09 2015, @04:34PM

    by triklyn (5169) on Thursday April 09 2015, @04:34PM (#168395)

    kudos, i was about to say something similar, as a bloody liberal myself.

    liberals get deeply offended. conservatives tend to just see them dollar signs and go about their day.

  • (Score: 2) by panachocala on Thursday April 09 2015, @06:08PM

    by panachocala (464) on Thursday April 09 2015, @06:08PM (#168426)

    "... go about their day... "

    Yup, so long as "their day" already involved opposing gay marriage, protesting abortion clinics, sending chain emails about Obama the anti-christ in Chief, seceding from the Union, etc.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2015, @07:50PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2015, @07:50PM (#168467)

      You forgot telling people how they can spend their money, [cnn.com] what they can do behind closed doors, [wikipedia.org] what they can put in their bodies [ontheissues.org] in their free time, etc.