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> Eich (inventor of JavaScript, for the record) was ousted over a private political contribution to a cause that a near-majority of Californians supported just
by pdog 7y ago
> Eich (inventor of JavaScript, for the record) was ousted over a private political contribution to a cause that a near-majority of Californians supported just a few years earlier.
Minor correction: Prop 8 was supported by the majority (52%) in California.
In fact, Prop 8 (which Brendan Eich donated in support of) passed by 600,000 votes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8
- inferiorhuman 7y agoIf you'd like to be properly pedantic. 52% of the folks surveyed in one poll were against Prop 8, 52% of the voters voted for Prop 8. Other polls ranged from 35 to 55% against. Prop 8 was designed to prevent a minority group from attaining equivalent rights of the majority so it's not really surprising that Eich got skewered for that. For fucks sake Prop 8 wasn't "quote-unquote bigotry" it was absolutely bigoted — bigoted enough to be struck down by the courts. Edit: to be clear what I'm getting at is that there is a difference between voters, voters who actually voted, and the overall California population.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoKeep in mind that marriage law is still bigoted against pedophiles.
- inferiorhuman 7y agoKeep in mind that marriage law is still bigoted against pedophiles. Is that to say you are equating homosexuality with pedophilia?
- SamReidHughes 7y agoI'm commenting on your use of the term "bigotry" for the act of thinking some act is immoral, like gay sex, pedophilia, necrophilia, etc. Maybe you could clarify when it's bigotry and when it isn't. (Let me guess: everything you agree with isn't bigoted, and everything you disagree with is bigoted.) My understanding is the SCOTUS ruling was about whether it was lawful, not whether it was bigoted. Correct me if I'm mistaken.