Precisely! He abuses Apple's brand and platform to spread his message. And I don't know why he says "Apple". When did he became the spokesperson of apple employees? I don't see any official statement from Apple? Will any apple employee be allow to say anything that's contradicting Tim Cook's message? He is a tech CEO, not a pastor!
That's certainly a good point. if the brand's message is Apple's workforce is diverse, then surely within Apple's workforce there are people who don't agree with his message. They can't be eliminated on the basis that they don't believe in Tim's message. Similar to the Amazon employees who recently boycotted law enforcement using AWS' facial recognition software. If there are employees who don't think marriage is a human right anyone should enjoy, are they allowed to speak up about that or are they putting their career on the line for not being PC enough?
There's certainly a social element to liberalism. I was told when I was young that we all end up conservative eventually. Because the ideals you formed when you were coming of age change and some day, maybe when your'e 70, the 'norm' now is simply too much for you. Someone who comes up in the world of gay-rights finds themselves in 2050 looking around at people marrying their dogs and that's the line they don't want to cross and suddenly, they're considered "conservative" when as a kid, they were very liberal. It's a consideration we should all make who consider ourselves liberals. At what point do we become the conservatives who are trying to pay as little tax as possible and keep things the way they were when we were kids? I'm 31 for the record.
So back on topic, there surely are people at Apple who disagree with Tim and federal law protects their opinions and beliefs just like they protect his. It must be challenging to be an alt-right conservative programmer who works at apple. There may not be many of them but those that are there...it has to be challenging.
I guess you can take the approach that they can choose to suffer being surrounded by what they call "snowflakes" OR quit and go work somewhere else. By being very outward about Apple's way of how the world should be that Tim is doing, he's weeding out those who completely disagree with him in the workforce.
and I have to repeat, I have nothing against Tim's message. His message aligns with my political and social beliefs completely. I still just wish there was more of a focus on Apple's product line mixed with the social good he's doing and preaching about.
I think the Employee non-profit contributions matching program is a big one. Tim did that, not Steve. Participating in human rights conversations. all good, keeping suppliers accountable, child labor checks, recycling programs, solar, I love it! There just needs to be balance.
