However, this conversation is about a new company he created, where employees are free to make decisions about whether to join it fully cognizant of any persona

However, this conversation is about a new company he created, where employees are free to make decisions about whether to join it fully cognizant of any personal issues Eich has with them, unlike the Mozilla position where a homophobe was placed in a position of power above existing employees. Eich was a co-founder of Mozilla, as mentioned in most articles about Brave. So he had a leadership position all along and didn't get the CEO position out of nowhere, and was CTO for the longest time. This whole argument doesn't fly at all.