Ballmer, Gates each donate $100,000 to support gay marriage law | Microsoft Pri0 | The Seattle Times
First, they boycotted Oreo/Nabisco due to the presence of a rainbow cookies. The humor was, of course, that the conservative right did the boycotting on Facebook. The same Facebook that has a gay founder who just married his boyfriend.
So that was very, very poorly thought out. If you are going to boycott a fucking cookie, but not the computer program you’re making the announcement on…well, that’s just piss poor planning right there.
But I learned long ago, that hatred is just another facet of fear. And we all know how well we think when we’re afraid. How many times in any given horror movie do we go, “don’t go in there! Turn on the fucking lights!”
They don’t and they die and we feel they probably deserved it.
So, basically, Ballmer and Gates are donating to keep marriage equality in the state of Washington. Makes sense. When I was visiting Seattle on a business trip back in 2003, Microsoft’s presence was part of the city’s tour. It is such a backbone to that city’s, heck the state’s, economy, there’s much to be proud of. So to see Microsoft supporting such a thing makes sense.
See, young gays and lesbians helped bring about the modern internet. Closeted for years, the anonymous allure of the computer became a symbol of a way out. Okay, maybe these are bold claims, but think about the leap I’m making. Those gays, myself included, were scared and lonely and could finally chat freely. Of course they wanted to make sure their computers were the best for those situations. And computerdom grew.
And Microsoft was there. Maybe this is a kind of thank you? Maybe? Or maybe they’re doing it because the best and the brightest who happen to be gay might want to move to Seattle?
Or maybe, just maybe, this is the right cause to support. Kudos to Microsoft….
Peace,
Bardy
