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Providing a service to a any political entity is considered taking a stance? What stance is Verizon taking when they provide cell service for leaders of both th
by cmcd 7y ago
Providing a service to a any political entity is considered taking a stance? What stance is Verizon taking when they provide cell service for leaders of both the NRA and Planned Parenthood?
- gowld 7y agoIt's a stance that says they respect those organizations right to cell phone service. You may agree or disagree that their stance is good, even if you hate one of those orgs, but it's still a political stance.
- SolaceQuantum 7y ago” Providing a service to a any political entity is considered taking a stance?” I mean, yes? Working with China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea, etc. are stances.
- cmcd 7y agoThere is a big difference between supporting a country like North Korea and a domestic government organization. Imagine if companies started bowing down to this kind of behavior and stopped supporting politically contentious entities. There is a large portion of the country who would agree that Planned Parenthood is doing things just as bad as ICE. Should companies stop supporting Planned Parenthood because large groups of people are offended by their services?
- fzeroracer 7y agoI mean, let's put this to an example. Let's say GitHub was working with domestic intelligence agencies to add backdoors to various repos for the sake of increasing US security. Would you say that is apolitical? Or does it only become political when you disagree with it?
- SolaceQuantum 7y ago” There is a big difference between supporting a country like North Korea and a domestic government organization.” The domestic government organization is highly controversial along political lines. ” There is a large portion of the country who would agree that Planned Parenthood is doing things just as bad as ICE. Should companies stop supporting Planned Parenthood because large groups of people are offended by their services?” I mean, yes, thats exactly what happens. Planned Parenthood was dropped from the government medical service program as a provider. Several organizations are often criticized for working with the police- we have a thread on the front page right now about the DoJ being given personal info via Google.
- cranky_coder 7y agoIndividuals don’t typically enter into enterprise contracts ran by a dedicated sales rep, while I’d imagine government contracts and big enterprise spend are usually handles directly by the company. You know there’s a clear distinction between directly serving an organization and serving an individual that happens to work for an organization. Don’t be disingenuous now.
- cmcd 7y agoThere is nothing disingenuous about my comment, it is absurd to think every company that makes deals with sales reps are taking a stance.