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> You seem to be of the opinion that exercising free speech cannot be an attack, which I call bullshit on Quite the opposite, actually. It's just that I have
by msbarnett 13y ago
> You seem to be of the opinion that exercising free speech cannot be an attack, which I call bullshit on
Quite the opposite, actually.
It's just that I have trouble caring about the negative repercussions from OkCupid saying "please visit our site using some other product" vs the negative repercussions for thousands of Californians, among them many mozillans, of Brandon Eich saying "here is $1000 to help make sure these people stay second-class citizens. Here's $1000 to make sure Alice's long-term partner can be denied access to her in the hospital. Here's $1000 to actively hurt other human beings".
At the end of the day, OkCupid wasn't out to deny Eich fundamental human rights. It's like complaining about the brightness of a candle held next to the noon-day sun
- carlio 13y agoI haven't advocated Eich's views, I personally find them reprehensible. All I wanted to say in my original comment and from then on is that OKCupid deliberately performed actions with a negative impact (ie, an attack) - which countermanded bkor's original point. I found the statement "Nobody attacked Mozilla" to be incorrect - there clearly was a negative backlash.
- msbarnett 13y agoFair enough.