STUPIDLY ROTTEN
PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL APPLE PING!
Thanks to dayglored for the heads up PING!
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Posted on 05/20/2021 7:12:07 PM PDT by simpson96
Nearly 1,000 Apple employees have signed an internal letter to CEO Tim Cook urging the company to issue a public statement in support of the Palestinian people, The Verge reported Thursday.
"We are frustrated and disappointed because once more, many of those in positions of power and influence - who boldly stand for human rights in so many other just causes - either choose to remain silent or release ineffectually neutral 'both sides' statements with regards to the Palestinian situation," wrote the letter's authors, who are members of the Apple Muslim Association, according to The Verge.
Apple taking a "both sides" approach, they wrote, "would feel to us as the equivalent of 'all lives matter' - a minimization of the disproportionately larger pain and suffering of the Palestinian people."
Apple did not respond to a request for comment on this story.
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No, at most 999 since the article says 'nearly' (smile).
Given your accurate report of 147,000 (2020) worldwide employment, at 999 the percentage is a minuscule 0.68% of that workforce.
There are no Palestinian achievements in science, medicine, architecture, etc
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Not entirely true. They are credited with the invention of the cell phone bomb ...
Likely the ChiComs.
Another good reason not to buy Apple.
They’ll all fall into line. Cue Coke, Delta, the NFL, MLB, NBA, etc. to make this their newest cause celebre.
How will Democrats handle sitting on this knifeblade?
Since this is Free Republic I know that I can refer to 'tar baby' but if I were on twatter, it would be banned.
Since this is Free Republic I know that I can refer to 'tar baby' but if I were on twatter, it would be banned.
Exactly!
“How is Tim Cook supposed to influence U.S. Foreign Policy?”
If Tim Cook called Biden and said I want to see you in 15 minutes, I bet my bottom dollar they would be meeting in 15 minutes. There is a lot of money at stake. Of course, if Xi called Tim Cook and said the same thing, they would also be meeting in 15 minutes.
Thanks to dayglored for the heads up PING!
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So says the “Apple Muslim Association.”
Now I want to hear the thoughts of the “Apple Jewish Association” and the “Apple Christian Association.”
All 1000 need to be fired.
AMEN
Either fire 1,000 people or send them to China to work in the prison camps making iPhones.
Thanks Swordmaker. Even a statement equating the jihadists and jihad with self-determination and self-defense will be a slippery-slope/sloppy-thinking piece of agitprop. It also doesn't make sense from a business standpoint, but would [quote] make sense [/quote] in the context of the late Steve Jobs' paternal biological origin.
To the best of my knowledge, Steve Jobs was adamant about not involving Apple in politics. Whatever his background or personal beliefs, he knew better than to mix business with politics. It can only result in the loss of part of your customer base, often as much as 50%. He was interested in making cool innovative products, and making money. Tying your business identity to politics is bad business.
Jobs was smarter than that. But he's been dead a decade, and a lot has changed.
He did it, in subtle ways, he just wasn't public about it.
the letter’s authors, who are members of the Apple Muslim Association,
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