[AndyTheBear]

"They do feel silenced by just the general swirl of what they perceive to be the broader percentage of leanings within the company, and I don’t think that’s fair or right," he added, though he did not specify to what extent or how many of Twitter's conservative employees felt unable to voice their opinions.

As an engineer of many years in Silicone Valley I can assure everyone its not because of the "broader percentage of leanings within the company". Its because of the kind of thing that happened to James Demore and Brendan Eich. There were plenty of us that would speak out even though we were a minority in the old days. Not anymore. We like having big paychecks.

[TXnMA]

"As an engineer of many years in Silicone Valley... "

Hmmm... wonder why that statement is difficult to accept at face value...???

TXnMA