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{
    "title": "Microsoft: Caving to the Right-Wing Demagogues",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2005/04/21/microsoft-caving-to-the-right-wing-demagogues/",
    "datePublished": "2005-04-21",
    "dateModified": "2005-04-21",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "I really try to stay away from political issues, as I am considered an enemy alien living in the US at the will of the DHS. But if ANYTHING stated…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
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```

# Microsoft: Caving to the Right-Wing Demagogues

I really try to stay away from political issues, as I am considered an enemy alien living in the US at the will of the

[DHS](http://www.dhs.gov/)

.
But if

**ANYTHING**

stated in

[this article](http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/04/take-action-microsoft-abandons-gays.html)

is even remotely true, Microsoft has shown that it is morally bankrupt.
I would love to hear some comments from

[Scoble](http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/)

,

[Mini-Microsoft](http://minimsft.blogspot.com)

,

[Charlie Kindel](http://kindel.com/blogs/charlie/)

, or

[Dare Obasanjo](http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/)

.
If this is a true reflection of Microsoft's approach to openess and acceptance, I take back any positive things

[I said yesterday](http://www.newestindustry.org/index.php/2005/04/20/microsoft_exodus_my_thoughts)

.
I want this to not be true. Please tell me this is not true.

Scoble says he is

[definitely not going to be happy](http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/04/21.html#a9908)

if this is true.
Mini-Microsoft

[agrees](http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2005/04/adversity-to-diversity.html)

with Scoble and me. This in and of itself is worthy of a comment: that the three of us agree on anything means that a plague of locusts is likely to descend on my garden.
Although I want to hear what BGates and SBallmer have to say on this.