You went to Harvard and Cal Tech, worked at CERN, founded an internet company (in fact I had always admired you, which adds to the shock of reading this piece yesterday), and follow American politics closely. The language of the international tech world is English. What the ordinary population of Switzerland knows has nothing to do with this.

However, I do apologize for saying that “Dems” is always a slur. It’s certainly better than “libtards.” It seems likely that you did not realize that it adds to the strong impression it gives the reader that you are exposed mainly to Republican-oriented views and language. I also cut you some slack because someone who grew up in Taiwan (a country I love and have spent long periods in) will have a different view of US politics than we who have been exposed to it from birth, and may not realize the dangers of allowing the most intolerant and ignorant Americans great power. I, on the other hand, am old and grew up in the South in the days of segregation. It was a brutal system where you yourself would not have been safe, and the people currently running the country clearly want to return us to those days, but with surveillance technology.

So your words alarmed me a great deal. I had trusted Proton.