Intel CEO Resigns from Trump's Manufacturing Council
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Intel CEO Resigns from Trump's Manufacturing Council
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Re: Intel CEO Resigns from Trump's Manufacturing Council
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Earlier today, I tendered my resignation from the American Manufacturing Council. I resigned to call attention to the serious harm our divided political climate is causing to critical issues, including the serious need to address the decline of American manufacturing. Politics and political agendas have sidelined the important mission of rebuilding America’s manufacturing base.
I have already made clear my abhorrence at the recent hate-spawned violence in Charlottesville, and earlier today I called on all leaders to condemn the white supremacists and their ilk who marched and committed violence. I resigned because I want to make progress, while many in Washington seem more concerned with attacking anyone who disagrees with them. We should honor – not attack – those who have stood up for equality and other cherished American values. I hope this will change, and I remain willing to serve when it does.
I am not a politician. I am an engineer who has spent most of his career working in factories that manufacture the world’s most advanced devices. Yet, it is clear even to me that nearly every issue is now politicized to the point where significant progress is impossible. Promoting American manufacturing should not be a political issue.
My request—my plea—to everyone involved in our political system is this: set scoring political points aside and focus on what is best for the nation as a whole. The current environment must change, or else our nation will become a shadow of what it once was and what it still can and should be.
Re: Intel CEO Resigns from Trump's Manufacturing Council
#3http://blogs.intel.com/policy/2017/08/14/intel-ceo-leaves-ma... Earlier today, I tendered my resignation from the American Manufacturing Council. I resigned to call attention to the serious harm our divided political climate is causing to critical issues, including the serious need to address the decline of American manufacturing. Politics and political agendas have sidelined the important mission of rebuilding Ameri…
> I called on all leaders to condemn the white supremacists and their ilk who marched and committed violence.
If you're implying here that President Donald Trump did not condemn the white supremacists, I don't know what to say except that you are wrong. He can condemn white supremacists, radical National Socialists, and radical Communists at the same time. If he picks sides in this debate, much like the center picked sides in the Weimar republic, then we would be one step toward either gulags or concentration camps.
I do not think it is fair to expect the President to do something patently unwise to stir up further tensions and deny the concerns of many, because of the violence of some. Political violence is picking up precisely because political speech is suppressed.
Re: Intel CEO Resigns from Trump's Manufacturing Council
#4http://blogs.intel.com/policy/2017/08/14/intel-ceo-leaves-ma... Earlier today, I tendered my resignation from the American Manufacturing Council. I resigned to call attention to the serious harm our divided political climate is causing to critical issues, including the serious need to address the decline of American manufacturing. Politics and political agendas have sidelined the important mission of rebuilding Ameri…
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Re: Intel CEO Resigns from Trump's Manufacturing Council
#5http://blogs.intel.com/policy/2017/08/14/intel-ceo-leaves-ma... Earlier today, I tendered my resignation from the American Manufacturing Council. I resigned to call attention to the serious harm our divided political climate is causing to critical issues, including the serious need to address the decline of American manufacturing. Politics and political agendas have sidelined the important mission of rebuilding Ameri…
> I called on all leaders to condemn the white supremacists and their ilk who marched and committed violence. If you're implying here that President Donald Trump did not condemn the white supremacists, I don't know what to say except that you are wrong. He can condemn white supremacists, radical National Socialists, and radical Communists at the same time. If he picks sides in this debate, much like the center picked…
Wise is not something you'd necessarily expect in this case.
Re: Intel CEO Resigns from Trump's Manufacturing Council
#6http://blogs.intel.com/policy/2017/08/14/intel-ceo-leaves-ma... Earlier today, I tendered my resignation from the American Manufacturing Council. I resigned to call attention to the serious harm our divided political climate is causing to critical issues, including the serious need to address the decline of American manufacturing. Politics and political agendas have sidelined the important mission of rebuilding Ameri…
> I called on all leaders to condemn the white supremacists and their ilk who marched and committed violence. If you're implying here that President Donald Trump did not condemn the white supremacists, I don't know what to say except that you are wrong. He can condemn white supremacists, radical National Socialists, and radical Communists at the same time. If he picks sides in this debate, much like the center picked…
I'm going to go ahead and say it's ok to deny the concerns of white supremacists
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> I called on all leaders to condemn the white supremacists and their ilk who marched and committed violence. If you're implying here that President Donald Trump did not condemn the white supremacists, I don't know what to say except that you are wrong. He can condemn white supremacists, radical National Socialists, and radical Communists at the same time. If he picks sides in this debate, much like the center picked…
I'm going to go ahead and say it's ok to deny the concerns of white supremacists
> I'm going to go ahead and say it's ok to deny the concerns of white supremacists
All of their concerns? I'm sure you realize that people don't pick up an ideology like that unless it looks like their society isn't functioning.
White supremacy is an answer in search of a question, and the question need not (and ought not) be posed.
We shouldn't be ignoring the concerns of the radical Communists either; that doesn't mean we all should become Communists and repeat the atrocities of Stalin. Likewise, we don't need to become National Socialists in order to ease the pains that make them turn to the ideology.
Re: Intel CEO Resigns from Trump's Manufacturing Council
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I'm going to go ahead and say it's ok to deny the concerns of white supremacists
> I'm going to go ahead and say it's ok to deny the concerns of white supremacists All of their concerns? I'm sure you realize that people don't pick up an ideology like that unless it looks like their society isn't functioning. White supremacy is an answer in search of a question, and the question need not (and ought not) be posed. We shouldn't be ignoring the concerns of the radical Communists either; that doesn't…
>All of their concerns?
Yes.
>We shouldn't be ignoring the concerns of the radical Communists either;
Not even remotely the same thing. Not even in the same galaxy. Not even in the same universe.
Re: Intel CEO Resigns from Trump's Manufacturing Council
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm going to go ahead and say it's ok to deny the concerns of white supremacists
> I'm going to go ahead and say it's ok to deny the concerns of white supremacists All of their concerns? I'm sure you realize that people don't pick up an ideology like that unless it looks like their society isn't functioning. White supremacy is an answer in search of a question, and the question need not (and ought not) be posed. We shouldn't be ignoring the concerns of the radical Communists either; that doesn't…
This sort of sophistry is a mental virus. Say what you mean, stop with the mealy-mouthed "whataboutism" and vague questions. There are no communists involved in this discussion. Nobody calls Nazis "National Socialists" unless they're trying to blame the nebulous "left" for the evils of the Nazis.
We've been through these arguments since the 1940s. Karl Popper's view of the Paradox of Tolerance [1]
>Less well known is the paradox of tolerance: Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.
If we want an open society that permits maximal freedom, we can not permit those who wish to destroy freedom to override those who wish for freedom. The white nationalist movement includes people who explicitly endorse fascism and "throwing into ovens" those who exercised their free speech. [2]
Stop defending this evil.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
[2] http://www.inforum.com/opinion/letters/4311880-letter-family...