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Apple CEO Tim Cook Publicly Comes Out as Gay in Letter Declaring Support for Equality
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Free will is what was made. What you choose to do with it will be what you are held to account to.
The conspiracist in me wonders is this is an attempt at an astute business move to explain away signs of crashing iPhone sales due to bendgate? See it's not bendy phone, it's all this intolerance....
Redacted part of his statement:
... and while I support equality where it is convenient and profitable to champion, appeasing oppressive countries like Iran to sell magical Apple products to the Khomeini and his murderous minions is necessary to advance the cause. As you probably know Apple is exploring ways to enter that dramatic market. But be not fooled by appearances and rest assured I look forward to the day when gay men and women can be stoned with Mac minis or strangled to death with Lightning cables right next to heterosexual ones. True equality, "modern" Sharia style.
* P.S. I'm also working on getting use of Samsung products in Iran to be a capital offense. Everybody wins!
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... and while I support equality where it is convenient and profitable to champion, appeasing oppressive countries like Iran to sell magical Apple products to the Khomeini and his murderous minions is necessary to advance the cause. As you probably know Apple is exploring ways to enter that dramatic market. But be not fooled by appearances and rest assured I look forward to the day when gay men and women can be stoned with Mac minis or strangled to death with Lightning cables right next to heterosexual ones. True equality, "modern" Sharia style.
* P.S. I'm also working on getting use of Samsung products in Iran to be a capital offense. Everybody wins!
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He doesn't even mention his bedroom behaviour, yet YOU seem to have been thinking about it quite a lot ... Perhaps this says more about YOU than Tim Cook and the article.
I'm so happy Tim Cook was able to come out and be who he really is. Despite the hate still in this world, it really has gotten better, and will continue to do so as long as prominent influential people like Tim do the right thing.
As for the haters in this thread: You really should re-evaluate your life. Some people are gay. How does their being gay affect you negatively? Gay people aren't going anywhere, so you might as well get used to the fact that they exist and learn that they aren't a threat to anyone.
If anything they add variety to the world and make it a more wonderful and loving place, from what I've seen personally.
As for the haters in this thread: You really should re-evaluate your life. Some people are gay. How does their being gay affect you negatively? Gay people aren't going anywhere, so you might as well get used to the fact that they exist and learn that they aren't a threat to anyone.
If anything they add variety to the world and make it a more wonderful and loving place, from what I've seen personally.
This put a smile on my face and a bit of mist in my eyes.
Good move, Tim -- countless people will be comforted knowing that the CEO of one of the largest, most successful and beloved companies on the planet is gay.
It seems obvious that you wouldn't have made this type of announcement publicly if it was all about you, but you made the move anyway because you realized it was in service of others.
Good move, Tim -- countless people will be comforted knowing that the CEO of one of the largest, most successful and beloved companies on the planet is gay.
It seems obvious that you wouldn't have made this type of announcement publicly if it was all about you, but you made the move anyway because you realized it was in service of others.
Only in the backward states, with laws are still on the books from the 19th century
But many of the executives are straight and have kids, they don't breath tech, and tech only. Maybe the Unabomber is looking for a job?
One would think I would learn to not read comments/forum threads on things like this.
I think the content of this forum thread is the very reason Cook decided to go more public. The more we talk about it, the less ignorant we are on it, the more we accept it.
I think the content of this forum thread is the very reason Cook decided to go more public. The more we talk about it, the less ignorant we are on it, the more we accept it.
His several thousand year old book of fairy tales says there's only one god and everyone else's several thousand year old book of fairy tales is wrong!
There are plenty of Gays working on Android tablets.... and on Windows... and on Blackberry... and on other smartphone devices...
You may have to just make your own smartphone with two cups and a string....
Discrimination based on sexual orientation is not illegal in the U.S. Things have been improving, especially lately, but definitely not illegal.
Also, Tim Cook is a global figure, and it certainly isn't illegal in many other countries.
The fight for equality regardless of sexual orientation is far from over. To me, this is just part of a larger fight for equality, which itself is simply one component of the fight for freedom. It would be great if that fight was won, but it is not.
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Gay people exist whether you like it or not and coming out is still important moving forward. Get over it.
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