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FYI, the radical American left's approach to public policy is that you should wage total warfare on everyone who disagrees with you, and attempt to punish them
by fennecfoxen 13y ago
FYI, the radical American left's approach to public policy is that you should wage total warfare on everyone who disagrees with you, and attempt to punish them in any way possible. Deny them business, deny any notion that they are intelligent or decent human beings, et cetera. There is no room for pluralism, and intellectual honesty is of secondary importance at best.
In this case, Brendan Eich is a bad person. Clearly his donation means that he is incapable of interacting with anyone who is gay or any of his political enemies in a civil manner, and will go out of his way to marginalize their contributions to Mozilla. Therefore we should attempt to punish him by kicking him out of his job.
Postscript. No representations are herein made about the non-radical American left, other lefts, the American right, other rights, the existence or nonexistence of a radical center, the merits of any policy proposal of any group including the left (radical or otherwise), et cetera.
Post-postscript: See also this comment, wherein a HN user argues that we should start boycotting any company who employs anyone who voted for Prop 8. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7470443 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7470443
- stcredzero 13y agoFYI, the radical American left's approach to public policy is that you should wage total warfare on everyone who disagrees with you, and attempt to punish them in any way possible. Deny them business, deny any notion that they are intelligent or decent human beings, et cetera. There is no room for pluralism, and intellectual honesty is of secondary importance at best. Sounds a lot like the "open season" policy Scientology uses against anyone who is against Scientology.
- saryant 13y agoI've been on the receiving end of this due to who my father is. When I was a kid, he was in charge of PR at a Bay Area oil refinery. - Activists attacking him during city council meetings and pushing for his termination - An orthodontist refused to take my brother and I on as patients because he disagreed with my father's job - Various, err, packages left on our doorstep - Unprofessionalism amongst some teachers, except when they needed a donation from the refinery. More than one snide comment. Ironically, one of my best friends was the daughter of a lead activist in town. That led to some awkward moments getting dropped off to hang out.
- stcredzero 13y ago- An orthodontist refused to take my brother and I on as patients because he disagreed with my father's job Sounds a lot like things some in the religious right do that the left objects to.