You're attempting to look back into 1983 with the knowledge that we have today. In those days, the LGBT community fought against attempts to close the bath hou

You're attempting to look back into 1983 with the knowledge that we have today. In those days, the LGBT community fought against attempts to close the bath houses where the disease was spreading because they didn't know what was going on either. The sentiment that you're expressing here is precisely why discussion is dying. There is nothing shameful about Eich's activity, he chose a side, his side won and the side that lost were so outraged that they began to threaten the business of his employer.