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Yes its unfortunate that Mozilla is going to miss out on Eich's contributions. But ultimately the result here shows that the benefits however great they may hav
by baconner 13y ago
Yes its unfortunate that Mozilla is going to miss out on Eich's contributions. But ultimately the result here shows that the benefits however great they may have been didn't outweigh the costs of his beleifs alienating the community Mozilla is built upon.
Its not intolerant to not want to work under the leadership of someone who has worked to do you and others you care about active harm.
- waps 13y agoCan you clarify something for me : are you a democrat or a republican ? And which of those 2 groups should be fired from their jobs ? Any religions that perhaps should see all their members fired ? Which ones ? Do tell.
- baconner 13y agoI never advocated firing anyone actually including eich, but right or wrong employers certainly have the right to fire someone for their outside of work activities if its interfering with their ability to do their job. There are only very narrow protections for protected classes here. Everyone has the right to free speech in this country which is great, but free speech does not come with any assurance that there will not be consequences. You have no right to be free from criticism. You have no right to expect your employer to keep you on if you're damaging their business by generating bad press. I think this fundamental misunderstanding of free speech often drives these sort of "its intolerant of you to not tolerate my intolerant speech" sort of comments. Free speech comes with a great responsibility - accept the consequences of your speech.