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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2015, @07:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2015, @07:10PM (#168451)

    Thought-crimees and speech. NAMBLA condones pederasty but they don't admit to doing it.
    Same thing with someone promoting ISIS.

    Also, wasn't all that clear from the context? Has brad said anything about commiting crimes? Why would you bring that up?

  • (Score: 2) by tibman on Thursday April 09 2015, @08:04PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 09 2015, @08:04PM (#168470)

    Obviously if someone is committing crimes then you can demonize them. But can you demonize them if they have a different opinion? I was asking for clarifying question to this: someone who promotes ISIS?

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2015, @10:34PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2015, @10:34PM (#168528)

      Again why did you choose to ignore the context?
      I explicitly said "someone who advocates"

      Here's what I think - you thought you saw a tiny crack in my argument and decided you were going to jump in and "gotcha" me with it because the actual point which was spelled out twice in my post alone and clearly obvious from the context of the discussion made brad's hypocrisy too clear.

      • (Score: 2) by tibman on Friday April 10 2015, @01:06AM

        by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 10 2015, @01:06AM (#168573)

        I asked for a clarification and made no assumption. Isn't that an acceptable thing to do?

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