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I Helped Make Corporations Woke, and I Regret It

Corporate activism has turned off consumers and exposed C-suite hypocrisy, leading to a chilling effect on public discourse. American consumers must call out CEOs for the chasm between their sermonizing and the scant public support for it.

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  • In 2013, corporations were approached to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act by the president of Log Cabin Republicans.
  • Corporate support was not necessary as market forces had already shaped a culture where almost every American believed in equal job opportunities for gay people.
  • Corporate activism has turned off consumers, exposed C-suite hypocrisy, and had a chilling effect on public discourse.
  • American consumers must call out CEOs for the chasm between their sermonizing and the scant public support for it.
  • Grass-roots activists are rallying to hold corrupt institutions accountable and push them back to neutrality.
I Helped Make Corporations Woke, and I Regret It
The politicization of everything is too high a price for the gay-rights advances of the 2010s.
WSJGregory T. Angelo

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