Ron Conway Resigns Salesforce Foundation Over Benioff's National Guard Comments
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Ron Conway resigned from Salesforce Foundation due to Marc Benioff's comments on National Guard deployment, sparking debate on Benioff's motivations and impact.
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> Conway wrote that in recent days, he had “expressed candidly” and repeatedly to Benioff that he was “shocked and disappointed” by his “willful ignorance and detachment from the impacts of the ICE immigration raids of families with NO criminal record, efforts to gerrymander elections, attacks on freedom of speech, and other unlawful policies.”
> “Your obsession with and constant annual threats to move Dreamforce to Las Vegas is ironic, since it is a fact that Las Vegas has a higher rate of violent crime than San Francisco,” Mr. Conway wrote. “San Francisco does not need a federal invasion because you don’t like paying for extra security for Dreamforce.”
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This will sound rude but I'm trying to be sincere. You might want to take a break from social media. It sounds like you're neglecting your real life a little bit.
Say that to those having their REAL LIFE loved ones disappeared to holding facilities in Louisiana and Florida.
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