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This is an example of what a hate-driven vocal minority can do. It's scary.
by stefantalpalaru 13y ago
This is an example of what a hate-driven vocal minority can do. It's scary.
- username223 13y agoWhat, getting ousted as CEO for unrepentant bigotry? I'm not that scared.
- Dirlewanger 13y agoAnd this "unrepentant bigotry" directly affected how many peoples' lives? No one's?
- clavalle 13y agoExcept all of those people affected by Prop 8, but, you know aside from those, right?
- Aloisius 13y agoThe thousands of gay couples who wanted to get married but couldn't because of donations like his? The denial of rights of gay couples who were married before prop 8? There are actual people who have been denied inheritance, denied the right to visit their partner in the hospital, denied the ability to go their loved one's funeral by their family because of prop 8.
- wpietri 13y agoWhoever's downvoting you should be ashamed. The exact effect of Prop 8 was to strip marriage rights from people. And part of why it worked (until struck down in federal court as the civil rights violation its opponents always knew it to be) is the well-funded campaign in favor of it.
- fakeanon 13y agobigotry: bigoted attitudes; intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself. (source: Google definition box)
- Borogove 13y agoTell that to Matthew Shepard.
- stefantalpalaru 13y agoIt is irrational to associate a homophobic hate crime with a donation to gay marriage opponents. But that's OK. As long as you can raise a fuss about it you can completely ignore reason and pressure people into resigning.
- ionforce 13y agoWhy do you expect one side of the argument to adhere to reason when the other side clearly has none? What is the "reason" behind being against marriage equality?
- stefantalpalaru 13y agoThe other side of the argument is: people should not be sacked because of their political opinions, even if I don't agree with them. I find this a rational and sustainable position. No one should be afraid of losing their job for voicing their opinion in a public debate. No one.
- mef 13y agoHe wasn't sacked, he stepped down.
- stefantalpalaru 13y agoUnder pressure.
- username223 13y ago> No one should be afraid of losing their job for voicing their opinion in a public debate. No one. Really? I guess there's no inherent problem with a homophobe or white supremacist coder, as long as he does his job and doesn't cause trouble at work. But a manager, who hires and fires, or a CEO, who is the public face of the company? It seems "rational and sustainable" to hold them to higher standards.