This entire article reeks of "I'm angry at VOE, who you will know who i, so I'll take a general position and construct specific cases where it doesn't work".

It's totally disingenuous to claim that if I'm liable, say, to think less of you for working at Oracle that I'm incapable of distinguishing whether your circumstances (say: healthcare, green card, having been taken over) are a factor - compared with, say, accepting a job offer there.

As the VOE put it (paraphrased):

"If you work at Oracle, will I think less of you? YES! Of course I will. Your name is on the flag supporting <despicable behaviours>, But: You don't have to think anything of that. Why is my thinking less of you a problem for you? Unless, maybe, that's your conscience?"

See also: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20201121