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It wasn't Mozilla who financially contributed to "California’s infamous anti-gay referendum". Actions can cause consequences, even if it sometimes takes time. I

by miduil 4y ago

It wasn't Mozilla who financially contributed to "California’s infamous anti-gay referendum". Actions can cause consequences, even if it sometimes takes time. I appreciate that he's changed and is now employing bunch of queer people working on and around Brave, but it was incredible important for Mozilla let him go - note: he was the one who stepped down. https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/04/brendan-eich-homophobic-past-should-we-forgive-him.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/04/brendan-eich-homoph...

Alupis 4y ago
> It wasn't Mozilla who financially contributed to "California’s infamous anti-gay referendum" > Actions can cause consequences, even if it sometimes takes time Can we collectively, as a society, be mature about these things? Eich is allowed to hold those thoughts and donate to campaigns if he wants to. It has zero bearing on his ability to run an organization (as evidenced right up until his ousting) anymore than your viewpoints hold bearing on your ability to function in your job. Just because you might disagree with his viewpoints doesn't mean he can't hold a job... it was absurd back when this happened, and it's all the more absurd today. > but it was incredible important for Mozilla let him go No it wasn't, and nothing changed because of it... it was just some temporary flare-up fake outrage all too prevalent on social media. The idea that Mozilla, the organization that allowed itself to be overrun by neo-ideologs, is somehow going to be a good arbiter of a social media platform is laughable at best.
- hobs 4y ago
  - Alupis 4y ago
    This is a fictional emotional ploy specifically designed to compel people to agree with you, lest they sound uncultured, uncaring or worse. That is the problem with our social discourse - it's hinged on cheap emotional "gotchas". Eich wasn't walking down the halls of Mozilla, preaching his radical views and firing anyone who disagreed - yet that's exactly what happened to him. Ironic... People need to be mature. You can have your views, and I'll have mine - at no point does any of that matter in the workplace unless someone isn't adult enough to separate the two spaces. This is what seems to have happened to Mozilla... overrun with neo-ideologs and forced everyone out that wasn't with "the program". How very inclusive...

by miduil 4y ago

Alupis 4y ago

> It wasn't Mozilla who financially contributed to "California’s infamous anti-gay referendum" > Actions can cause consequences, even if it sometimes takes time Can we collectively, as a society, be mature about these things? Eich is allowed to hold those thoughts and donate to campaigns if he wants to. It has zero bearing on his ability to run an organization (as evidenced right up until his ousting) anymore than your viewpoints hold bearing on your ability to function in your job. Just because you might disagree with his viewpoints doesn't mean he can't hold a job... it was absurd back when this happened, and it's all the more absurd today. > but it was incredible important for Mozilla let him go No it wasn't, and nothing changed because of it... it was just some temporary flare-up fake outrage all too prevalent on social media. The idea that Mozilla, the organization that allowed itself to be overrun by neo-ideologs, is somehow going to be a good arbiter of a social media platform is laughable at best.

hobs 4y ago
- Alupis 4y ago
  This is a fictional emotional ploy specifically designed to compel people to agree with you, lest they sound uncultured, uncaring or worse. That is the problem with our social discourse - it's hinged on cheap emotional "gotchas". Eich wasn't walking down the halls of Mozilla, preaching his radical views and firing anyone who disagreed - yet that's exactly what happened to him. Ironic... People need to be mature. You can have your views, and I'll have mine - at no point does any of that matter in the workplace unless someone isn't adult enough to separate the two spaces. This is what seems to have happened to Mozilla... overrun with neo-ideologs and forced everyone out that wasn't with "the program". How very inclusive...