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That's an awfully strong judgment to make on the sole basis of a $1000 donation to a popular cause (one that won the election, no less). It's not like he was a
by marcoperaza 11y ago
That's an awfully strong judgment to make on the sole basis of a $1000 donation to a popular cause (one that won the election, no less). It's not like he was a leader of the anti- gay-marriage movement. If he didn't bring his politics to work, there was no good reason for anyone else to. There's no evidence that his views on gay marriage affected how he treated anyone at Mozilla. Not a single complaint as far as I've heard, and I'm sure that he interacted with a lot of people given that he was a co-founder of Mozilla.
Magnanimity in victory is a virtue for a democratic society. Do you really think that it's good to have political witch hunts every time the winds change on a social issue?
- humanrebar 11y ago> Magnanimity in victory is a virtue for a democratic society. The word for this used to be "tolerance".
- reinhardt 11y agoWhich has limits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
- humanrebar 11y agoWas Eich intolerant? Or were his views just unpopular? I haven't seen any evidence of intolerance from his side of things.
- pma 11y agoAgree 100%. It is shameful the way they treated the man.I wont encourage anyone to participate in open source work in Mozilla.