On: Read Apple CEO Tim Cook's Email to Employees About Charlottesville

[lern_too_spel]

Since when did saying that we should stop violent racists become a political thing?

[Simon_says → lern_too_spel]

Nobody is arguing that being anti-crime is a political stance. But Cook's letter goes way beyond that.

[RandVal30142 → Simon_says]

>way beyond that

By quoting Luther King? I'm having a hard time seeing what you find wrong here.

[Simon_says → RandVal30142]

There's a bunch of stuff to choose from, but I'll just pick one at random. He said: "we are all equal". Though we all should be treated equally under the law, and we all deserve equal protections for certain things, as a point of fact, we are not all equal.

[matthewmacleod → Simon_says]

That's exactly what it fucking means.

"We are all equal" obviously, clearly means "we are all entitled to equal treatment", not "there are literally no differences between any two people."

[willstrafach → matthewmacleod]

I agree with your interpretation and don't actually understand how this bit is even a sensible thing to nitpick.

[Simon_says → matthewmacleod]

Motte and Bailey argument. If that's what Cook meant he could have written that. He wanted to have it both ways.

[RandVal30142 → Simon_says]

Oh gosh golly I can see why you got riled up over such a massive issue like that line. Tell me more.

[Simon_says → RandVal30142]

Just reread Cook's speech with an eye towards what statements there is not a 99+% consensus on. Those are the political statements. I'm an Apple developer, shareholder, and end-user, and I don't want Cook making political statements.

[Sangermaine → Simon_says]

>Just reread Cook's speech with an eye towards what statements there is not a 99+% consensus on.

The statement you quoted is one such statement.

It's hard to tell if you're being sincere, because what you pointed to as an example of a political statement is utterly baffling.

[Simon_says → Sangermaine]

If you think 99% of people agree with that, you're living in a bubble.

[dragonwriter → lern_too_spel]

It always has been, if at times a relatively uncontroversial political position.

The political of the day are such that it is somewhat more controversial than at some other times.

[Sangermaine → lern_too_spel]

November 9, 2016