> they are concerned Palantir and its co-founder and Trump advisor Peter Thiel stand to profit off the makings of a citizen database that could be used against those identifying as followers of Islam in the United States
So, is this just an attempt to smear Thiel by implying his company is going to "build Trump’s Muslim registry", and that Trump is indeed going to build one? Smear by association?
> "Being forced to collaborate with the U.S. government on large-scale human rights abuses is the first time I’ve ever seen that made high-end tech workers unionize"
What collaboration? I thought this was speculative "concern"? and who forces tech workers to do anything anyway?
Also, let's not talk about "tech workers unioniz[ing]" on the basis of just 50 people...
> one of the protestors and the founder of Frame Shift, a consulting firm training startups on inclusion and diversity
..leftist tech-workers, with possible interests of their own
> Trump pledged he would ban Muslim immigrants and establish a registry while in office
Did he? Maybe TC should clarify these claims, and what they mean. He pledged nothing wrt a registry though.
> such a database smacked of the Holocaust
which is why the idea was invented, and repeatedly reported, by the media.
> [Palantir] had not been quite as vocal.
Guilt through silence?
> Palantir’s Alex Karp eventually did come out against the building of a Muslim registry last week
Actually, no. Something actually substantial, and it doesn't support the premise of the protests, and the article. Nice weaseling: "eventually", as if there is some requirement to satisfy the press within some time limit.
> There’s a difference between telling the press that and pledging to never do it.
Beg next time, Alex! Get down on you knees! The left must be satisfied!!
> what measures it would take to ensure it would not be making a Muslim registry
Are you fucking serious!?!...
So, is this just an attempt to smear Thiel by implying his company is going to "build Trump’s Muslim registry", and that Trump is indeed going to build one? Smear by association?
> "Being forced to collaborate with the U.S. government on large-scale human rights abuses is the first time I’ve ever seen that made high-end tech workers unionize"
What collaboration? I thought this was speculative "concern"? and who forces tech workers to do anything anyway?
Also, let's not talk about "tech workers unioniz[ing]" on the basis of just 50 people...
> one of the protestors and the founder of Frame Shift, a consulting firm training startups on inclusion and diversity
..leftist tech-workers, with possible interests of their own
> Trump pledged he would ban Muslim immigrants and establish a registry while in office
Did he? Maybe TC should clarify these claims, and what they mean. He pledged nothing wrt a registry though.
> such a database smacked of the Holocaust
which is why the idea was invented, and repeatedly reported, by the media.
> [Palantir] had not been quite as vocal.
Guilt through silence?
> Palantir’s Alex Karp eventually did come out against the building of a Muslim registry last week
Actually, no. Something actually substantial, and it doesn't support the premise of the protests, and the article. Nice weaseling: "eventually", as if there is some requirement to satisfy the press within some time limit.
> There’s a difference between telling the press that and pledging to never do it.
Beg next time, Alex! Get down on you knees! The left must be satisfied!!
> what measures it would take to ensure it would not be making a Muslim registry
Are you fucking serious!?!...