In the grand scheme of things, our evidence that Brendan Eich is a raging homophobe comes down to one 6 year old donation of $1000. Not a pattern of actions at

In the grand scheme of things, our evidence that Brendan Eich is a raging homophobe comes down to one 6 year old donation of $1000. Not a pattern of actions at work, but one political action. I support gay marriage today, but a decade ago, I didn't. I'm a bit ashamed to admit that. It took a lot of time and a lot of incremental phases for me to come around from someone who was openly opposed, to someone who tolerated, and finally fairly recently to someone who actively supports gay relationships and marriage. I'm still working on trying to bring my parents around to my point of view. They espouse viewpoints I frankly find offensive today and I can nearly guarantee that in the past they've donated more than $1000 to organizations that oppose gay marriage. But I by no means think they're "bad people". Eich is of my parents' generation, and I believe that empathy will eventually win most of them over, not ultimatums. To me, Mozilla has become an unfair target of convenience. A lot of people are understandably still upset about Prop 8 and similar movements. But I think people have chosen to open fire at Mozilla simply because it's a lot harder to try to engage marriage equality opponents directly as people in a public way. Clearly, it has worked to put the issue out in front, but I don't think it's fair or ultimately productive. What's the endgame here? We can let the siege continue against Mozilla, one of the few major players who really stands behind the user. Maybe Eich will step down, and who knows what happens to Mozilla. Maybe we'll get an insincere change of heart. But that's just a victory for mob intimidation. I suppose maybe just maybe we'll get a sincere reversal from Eich. He certainly seems sensitive to the pain he's caused. But even if this happens, I don't know that the end would justify the means.