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How many are willing to get arrested over this? How many CEOs are willing to get their company shut down over this? I suspect that this is largely posturing, a
by ori_b 10y ago
How many are willing to get arrested over this? How many CEOs are willing to get their company shut down over this?
I suspect that this is largely posturing, and when push comes to shove people will comply.
- idlewords 10y ago1200 people are willing to quit over this. Let's start there.
- zigzigzag 10y agoNo. 1200 people said they might (it isn't binding) but only if the conditions of the pledge are violated. The pledge is written in such a way that almost anything could be deemed as not violating it, if the signer wanted that. This is the direct equivalent of "I'll move to Canada if Foo gets elected". Move-to-Canada declarations are actually much tighter than this pledge as they tend to be triggered by simple, undeniable conditions. But how many people who publicly proclaimed they'd do it actually do? The solution to "the administration wants to build a database of Muslims" is not to sign worthless pledges. It's to enter politics and put the argument to conservative voters that they're wrong and should change their mind.