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Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out: 'I'm proud to be gay'
« on: October 30, 2014, 12:34:38 pm »
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Apple CEO Tim Cook came out Thursday, acknowledging publicly for the first time that he is gay.

"Let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me," he wrote in a column in Bloomberg Businessweek.

In his column, the Apple (AAPL, Tech30) chief said that he had tried to maintain "a basic level of privacy." But he said he decided that desire for privacy was stopping him from working for the benefit of others.

"I don't consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I've benefited from the sacrifice of others," he said. "So if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it's worth the trade-off with my own privacy."

Cook, who grew up in Alabama, said he has long been open about his sexual orientation, but had just not previously discussed it publicly.

"Plenty of colleagues at Apple know I'm gay, and it doesn't seem to make a difference in the way they treat me," he wrote. "Of course, I've had the good fortune to work at a company that loves creativity and innovation and knows it can only flourish when you embrace people's differences. Not everyone is so lucky."

There have been some rumors and speculation that Cook is gay. Out magazine had previously named him as the most powerful gay person on its Power 50 list.

But there are no other publicly gay CEO's at the 700 largest corporations. John Browne served as CEO of BP (BP) from 1995 to 2007, and acknowledged he was gay after he was forced to leave office. He resigned when an former boyfriend outed him. He has since written a book "The Glass Closet: Why Coming Out is Good Business."

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/30/technology/tim-cook-gay/index.html
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Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out: 'I'm proud to be gay'
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2014, 12:38:24 pm »
I think the only response I had to this story was "And? ...."

Who cares? Is it a cynical marketing ploy to increase the company's grip on the Apple cultists? Are Apple shares going to do a Jobs in light of this news? Since I never buy Apple, hold no shares in the company, and am not a personal friend, relative or employee does this even affect me?
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Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out: 'I'm proud to be gay'
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2014, 12:45:41 pm »
I think the only response I had to this story was "And? ...."

Who cares? Is it a cynical marketing ploy to increase the company's grip on the Apple cultists? Are Apple shares going to do a Jobs in light of this news? Since I never buy Apple, hold no shares in the company, and am not a personal friend, relative or employee does this even affect me?

My acute cynicism tells me that he's providing cover in the event they ever try to remove him for one reason or another. 

Consider it 'tenure' for a protected class.
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Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out: 'I'm proud to be gay'
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2014, 12:59:58 pm »
Yes.  Anymore, coming out is an insurance policy.  You can never get fired again.  You can sue for damages.  You can advance the cause and become part of the Gay Mafia, putting pressure on people that don't comply with the agenda.   

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Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out: 'I'm proud to be gay'
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2014, 01:05:45 pm »
My acute cynicism tells me that he's providing cover in the event they ever try to remove him for one reason or another. 

Consider it 'tenure' for a protected class.

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« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2014, 02:19:04 pm »
I suspect you're absolutely correct, DC.

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« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2014, 02:57:18 pm »
My acute cynicism tells me that he's providing cover in the event they ever try to remove him for one reason or another. 

Consider it 'tenure' for a protected class.

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Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out: 'I'm proud to be gay'
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2014, 03:04:49 pm »
One, this is nothing new.

Two, this is the perfect counterpoint to those who constantly hold up John Turing as some sort of gay martyr. You now have the guy that ran Apple into the ground on your side.
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Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out: 'I'm proud to be gay'
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2014, 03:53:04 pm »
One, this is nothing new.

Two, this is the perfect counterpoint to those who constantly hold up John Turing as some sort of gay martyr. You now have the guy that ran Apple into the ground on your side.
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Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out: 'I'm proud to be gay'
« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2014, 04:01:10 pm »
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Myst - no idea where to put this. Economy, sci/tech/religion, or what.

Maybe what we need is a "Who Gives A S#it?" category.

The upside being that it would also give us a place to post Al Sharpton and Jose Canseco stories.
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Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out: 'I'm proud to be gay'
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2014, 04:22:47 pm »
If he had said he was proud to be Christian the MSM would be lambasting him today.  Instead, they are groveling at his feet, praising his "courage" and so forth.  It's all so predictable it's boring.

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Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out: 'I'm proud to be gay'
« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2014, 04:30:03 pm »
It takes no courage at all to say you are gay publicly...the popular culture will heap praise and raise your status to Demi-godhood.  If you said you were a conservative or a Christian, you would be ostracized and probably driven from your position...a less violent form of lynching, to the raucous applause of the media and the culture.

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Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out: 'I'm proud to be gay'
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« Reply #14 on: October 30, 2014, 05:33:10 pm »
Maybe what we need is a "Who Gives A S#it?" category.

The upside being that it would also give us a place to post Al Sharpton and Jose Canseco stories.
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