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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 Friday April 10 2015, @06:00AM
How many people have Social Justice Warriors killed? How many have they threatened to kill?
That to me is a basic test of the morality of an ideology: If an ideology involves a desire to kill a lot of people, then it is almost definitely evil.
"How many people have child rapists killed? How many have they threatened to kill?" Just because a practice doesn't push people to a particular extreme doesn't it's not harmful.
Social Justice Warriors can be annoying, they've gotten people fired or otherwise in professional trouble, and they've tried to pass laws that require bigots to do things they don't want to do.
Everyone deserves equal protection from unjustified attacks, especially the most "vile and evil" [youtube.com].