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I used to work in tech in the Bay Area. I stopped wearing company-branded clothing in San Francisco circa 2015 when anti-techie protestors picketed company bus
by neartheplain 6y ago
I used to work in tech in the Bay Area. I stopped wearing company-branded clothing in San Francisco circa 2015 when anti-techie protestors picketed company bus stops [0], picketed the homes of Google employees [1], assaulted people wearing Google Glass in the street [2], and shot out commuter bus windows on the freeway [3]. Company merch just attracted the wrong kind of attention. The situation was getting bad then, sounds like it’s only gotten worse with the election.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_tech_bus_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_tech_bus_protest...
[1] https://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/01/22/activists-target-google-employee-berkeley-resident https://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/01/22/activists-target-goo...
[2] https://www.businessinsider.com/i-was-assaulted-for-wearing-google-glass-2014-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/i-was-assaulted-for-wearing-...
[3] https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/apple-google-buses-rerouted-on-peninsula-after-apparent-shooting-damages-windows/ https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/apple-google-buses-rerouted-...
- arduanika 6y agoIf you want to keep a truly low profile, I hope you don't zero-index your citations out in public!
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