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First, our company consists of about 70 people around the world. We’re *very* diverse, in culture, politics, language (I think almost 10 languages are spoken by our U.S. team alone) and every other aspect. And we like it that way.

More to the point, we’re a growing company helping to define a new industry, to make new jobs, and to sell a lot of software and services not just here in the U.S., but around the world. I can’t think of any achievement that *better* fits conservative ideals than an effort like that.

On a more personal level, I know Ben and Mena (and all of us at Six Apart) take great satisfaction in having given millions of people a voice on the web, to share their ideas with the people they care about. If you want to find proof that they are not applying any litmus test to their employees or users, you only have to look back to the last presidential election, where we were glad to have both the Democratic and Republican campaigns using our tools to publish their ideas. On your blogroll alone, sites like Instapundit, Michelle Malkin, Blogs Against Hillary, VodkaPundit, and Powerline all use Six Apart tools to publish.

Finally, I’m not sure how valuable it is to apply some political litmus test to people who make tools. If you look at Microsoft, you’ll find that the overwhelming majority of employees are fairly liberal, which isn’t unusual for the Seattle area. With other software efforts, whether it’s Apple or Yahoo or anybody else, you’ll find that many of the major computer industry players are based in the Bay Area and have significant contributions from people who are probably more liberal than you, including the WordPress team itself.

I personally am glad we have a wide range of people making publishing tools, and a wide range of people using them. I am certain you don’t demonize half the people in this country simply because they might disagree with you on some political points (and I think you’d be surprised to find out how personally conservative Ben and Mena are) and assuming you don’t, I can’t see how anyone benefits by antagonizing others who are trying to give people a voice.

Sorry for rambling on so long in your comments, but I hope it’s given you some points to think about, and do feel free to get in touch if you feel there’s more that needs explaining.