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Re:Silicon Valley Struggles to Add Conservatives to Its Ranks by s17n on Friday December 01, 2017 @03:22PM (#15827020)
If you are talking about your views on tax policy, healthcare, etc, all I can say is that I've never worked anywhere that somebody would be fired or ostracized or anything for their position.

If you are talking about race or gender than yeah, the "conservative" position is terrible and you would rightly face consequences for your awful beliefs.

If you're talking about telling your coworkers that you voted for Trump, well, I don't think that's something that ought to be taboo but he did explicitly embrace the terrible beliefs I mentioned so I think that explicitly renouncing them wouldn't be a bad idea.

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Re:Silicon Valley Struggles to Add Conservatives to Its Ranks by RestlessMind on Friday December 01, 2017 @05:15PM (#15828168)
If conservatives talk about illegal immigration, they would get ostracized and harassed at tech companies even if their position is not "terrible". Its mainly because liberals/democrats/leftists are very vocal about that issue and drown out sensible discussions which do not toe their ideology.
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Re:Silicon Valley Struggles to Add Conservatives to Its Ranks by s17n on Friday December 01, 2017 @06:43PM (#15828819)
Yeah, there's definitely a spectrum there.

"We should change the immigration process to favor skilled workers" - you're fine.

"We should deport anybody who immigrated illegally" - you're in the danger zone.

"We need a ban on immigration from Muslim countries" - you are horrible and you deserve whatever consequences you suffer.

"Build the wall" - you're an idiot.

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Re:Silicon Valley Struggles to Add Conservatives to Its Ranks by libertyEQ on Friday December 01, 2017 @06:03PM (#15828551)
As a liberal Republican, I completely disagree with your conflation of those terms. I would suggest picking up a dictionary or reading about Adam Smith, the original liberal.
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