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I don't agree with what Eich did -- i'm 100% pro lgbt rights, and i think prop 8 was just plain wrong. but at the same time, as much as i'm entitled to my opin
by fernandotakai 13y ago
I don't agree with what Eich did -- i'm 100% pro lgbt rights, and i think prop 8 was just plain wrong.
but at the same time, as much as i'm entitled to my opinion, he's entitled to his. mozilla foundation never donated a dime for prop 8, brendan eich did. as such we should 'judge' him, as a person, for it, not him as the ceo.
as evelyn beatrice hall said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" (wikipedia says she said it, not voltaire[0])
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Beatrice_Hall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Beatrice_Hall
- dlss 13y agoThere's a big difference between defending someone's right to say dumb things, and suggesting that we should ignore that they said dumb things. If you see a movie star use a racial slur, the natural response isn't "well, he wasn't on set so I still support him as an actor". The natural response is to recategorize that person as racist, and have a dim awareness of that while considering what films to watch and while watching them perform. Once you're aware of it, the knowledge that the CEO of Mozilla gets utility from oppressing gay people is something you're aware of whenever you see the Mozilla brand. I don't think that's illogical or something Mrs Hall would say Voltaire thinks is bad.