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Melanie Chernoff | As Public Policy Manager for Red Hat, Inc., Melanie monitors, evaluates, and works to influence U.S. and international legislation and government regulations affecting open source technologies and open standards. She also serves as chair of the company's Corporate Citizenship committee, coordinating Red Hat's charitable activities.
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If people want to vote to secede, I never said I wouldn't respect their right to do so (as I pointed out, though, there's some question as to whether we do, in fact, have that right). In the same vein, I respect people's right to free speech, but I may disagree with what they say. I don't find that stance hypocritical.
To Jed's point: You are correct that there are now petitions for all 50 states. That was not the case at the time the article was written. Thank you.
It's like seeing a missed call on your phone, but the person didn't leave a voicemail. Not that big a deal.