Word salad lol. What are you having trouble understanding? Let me know and I’ll help you out.
King does not remain controversial “outside the elite”. He is revered by all segments of society, though quite unpopular with racists and white supremacists/white nationalists/the “alt right” or whatever they prefer we call them at present.
The safety of commercial flights is not the issue, and it has nothing to do with “being famous”. The ability of Cook’s security team to guarantee his safety prior to TSA checkpoints, however, is quite an issue. It’s very difficult to do in a public space. Security 101. It has to do with the number of death threats Cook gets. If you have information to the contrary, I’d love to hear it.
Doing good works isn’t “virtue signaling”, it is in fact virtuous. Using clean energy isn’t “virtue signaling”, it is in fact virtuous. Recycling isn’t “virtue signaling”, it is in fact virtuous. Donating your entire personal fortune to charity upon your death isn’t “virtue signaling”, it is in fact virtuous. And that’s exactly what drives the Apple and Cook complainers crazy. It must be infuriating.
Still waiting for something relevant, but all I hear is immorality signaling.
Indeed - I referred to it as a word salad because it was largely meaningless and you just threw in some soundbites. That is what you wrote.
As for aviation you're simply wrong. Every single aviation expert across the western world agrees with the statistics that show commercial flying is safe. The Queen of England uses it, Leonardo di Caprio uses it, Kate Middleton does too. Senators and Congressmen use it routinely. As I said, even Princess Diana did. So you are the one who is saying all the aviation experts who advise such people are wrong, the highest level experts in the US and British governments are wrong - it's absurd and the burden rests with you to suggest that you know more than the experts.
You might be surprised to learn if you don't know that world that when someone as rich as Cook uses commercial it doesn't mean he waits in line. He would get a special pass to enter by different areas, it would be incredibly safe, at the same airport he would fly from anyway and with tightly controlled access and armed police there. The airlines deal day in, day out with people far more important, far richer, far more famous than Cook.
Now I don't blame him. He's rich and wants to have a private jet. That's fine. But he is a hypocrite for then virtue signalling about the environment. And gullible people then believe some ridiculous idea that Apple "force" him to enjoy luxury private jets. Next you'll be claiming they force him to accept his share options!! I am sorry to break this to you - the rich and powerful lie and lie often.
Everything you wrote about King was irrelevant (though you overstate that he is revered by all of society, some conservatives [and a tiny, tiny number of liberals] take a more nuanced view of his personal failings). The question is how it pertains to Cook who would be an implacable enemy of King in virtually every regard.
The only thing you said of value was that "doing good works isn't virtue signalling". That I agree with 100%. However writing tweets is not "doing good work".
You sound very angry. I hope you find some peace.
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Instead of the negativity on this thread, each person should instead make the world a better place. Smile, say hello to people, go vegan, walk don't drive, research before you vote, be open minded, be liberal, be open, travel, travel, travel. And don't waste your life being negative on forums - you're wasting your life. Tomorrow is never guaranteed. Make a good impact and aim to be well remembered.
Rare to find a nice positive message in a political thread! Of course it depends on how you define "liberal" (societies are far too complex for any one ideology to always be right about everything) and the endless travel is doing enormous damage to the environment but otherwise what you wrote is hard to disagree with
