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Re:Expensify S-1 by epistasis on Monday October 18, 2021 @05:09PM (#28911785)
If the email had been in support of Trump, I would feel similarly about not wanting to do business with Expensify, so I can sort of see where OP is coming from. I would feel much less strongly, but also have a distaste in my mouth, if the CEO emailed in support of Romney or McCain during those elections.

Political advocacy can complicate business relations, and its best for everybody to realize that. Which isn't to say that one should avoid political advocacy, just that the costs should be evaluated before deciding to do it or to not do it.

Re:Expensify S-1 by ygjb on Monday October 18, 2021 @05:38PM (#28912120)
> Which isn't to say that one should avoid political advocacy, just that the costs should be evaluated before deciding to do it or to not do it.

It is pretty clear that the decision to write the email was written with business impacts in mind. Two of the longer paragraphs are essentially business justifications for why he wrote the email.