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> asserting that Eich might have supported Prop 8 because he really does support gay marriage through some complicated nonsense. This is a really weird, silly

> asserting that Eich might have supported Prop 8 because he really does support gay marriage through some complicated nonsense. This is a really weird, silly rationalization. Don't you think he would have said something to this effect when this blew up on Twitter? You think he's just sitting there on his hands going "Jeez, I wish there was something I could do to convince people that I'm not actually a horrible bigot, but instead have complex and inscrutable plans for a massive Supreme Court precedent in five years. Oh well!" > by choosing not to work at the company (which doesn't take the same position) your actions put you at risk of committing the same sins that a hiring manager might make of choosing not to hire someone because of a difference of opinion. You can't seriously be asserting that it's a "sin" for me to consider not working for someone who doesn't respect my or my peers' rights, let alone one on equal footing to employment discrimination. That's complete and utter bullshit. It's my right to vote with my feet, just as much as it would be a bigot's right to not work for me.

ChuckMcM 13y ago
That is an interesting interpretation of what I wrote. I certainly agree that it is your prerogative to act in the way that aligns your actions with your interpretations.
- Jaundiced 13y ago
  I think it's a completely fair interpretation of what you wrote. The guy is a bigot. He worked to ensure that a class of people had fewer rights than other classes of people. If that doesn't make you a bigot, I don't know what does. I'm disappointed that you wasted our time with that completely ridiculous argument. That said, thanks for letting me know that if I ever take a morally abhorrent position on something, you'll be there to say I'm a great guy, and that even if I'm not, people should still work for me. (though even in that world, I think it's baffling that you managed to attack people who don't want to work for a bigot as being somehow bigoted...)
  - Raven_Trickster 13y ago
    To derail this a little: There's every chance that donating $8,000 to a cause was not about Gay Anything, and he was supporting a cause of someone he wanted to butter up / chat with / get into the table with. Trust me: the "tipping culture" goes way beyond DC & lobbyists. Corruption: for when donating to a cause to get favor gets a LGBT response. Shitty PR, and probably deserves it for currying favor with <subject X> but really not that uncommon. Boo! Politics is dirty; reeeeal dirty.
    - mkopinsky 13y ago
      If so, he's corrupt instead of bigoted. Doesn't (materially) change whether someone would want to work with the guy.

ChuckMcM 13y ago

That is an interesting interpretation of what I wrote. I certainly agree that it is your prerogative to act in the way that aligns your actions with your interpretations.

Jaundiced 13y ago
I think it's a completely fair interpretation of what you wrote. The guy is a bigot. He worked to ensure that a class of people had fewer rights than other classes of people. If that doesn't make you a bigot, I don't know what does. I'm disappointed that you wasted our time with that completely ridiculous argument. That said, thanks for letting me know that if I ever take a morally abhorrent position on something, you'll be there to say I'm a great guy, and that even if I'm not, people should still work for me. (though even in that world, I think it's baffling that you managed to attack people who don't want to work for a bigot as being somehow bigoted...)
- Raven_Trickster 13y ago
  To derail this a little: There's every chance that donating $8,000 to a cause was not about Gay Anything, and he was supporting a cause of someone he wanted to butter up / chat with / get into the table with. Trust me: the "tipping culture" goes way beyond DC & lobbyists. Corruption: for when donating to a cause to get favor gets a LGBT response. Shitty PR, and probably deserves it for currying favor with <subject X> but really not that uncommon. Boo! Politics is dirty; reeeeal dirty.
  - mkopinsky 13y ago
    If so, he's corrupt instead of bigoted. Doesn't (materially) change whether someone would want to work with the guy.