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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2015, @10:49PM
> backlash
To be fair, it seems they were getting a lot of prank delivery orders. A couple of those a day can be the difference between the black and the red.
> They got donations from supporters of their policy, but I predict, the backlash would grow while support-donations would decline over time, should other shops follow.
Well, people went fuckin nuts to support chik-fil-a after their CEO advertised his anti-gayness. Like crazy fucking nuts. [washingtonexaminer.com]
With $800K they don't even have to stay open anymore, they won the lotto. But, for a small restaurant it doesn't take all that many dedicated customers to keep it afloat. And that's the thing about being a bigotted business - as long as there are enough people who aren't offended by your discrimination because its not directed at them personally it doesn't really matter if you shit on minorities or not. Their $$ vote doesn't count.
(Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Friday April 10 2015, @10:03AM
Maybe. The next job that tries it might still get ~$700K, the next-next ~$500K, and so on. People will get more and more tired of paying for all shops rejecting their paying customers. On the other hand I think the support for gay-rights is growing, the amount of people willing to boycott such backward will increase. I might be wrong, of course, but I think the assumptions are reasonable enough...
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