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I find this extremely hypocritical. Does this justify obstructing his career and publicly nailing him to the cross ? NO. If you're a liberal : please explain w

by waps 12y ago

I find this extremely hypocritical. Does this justify obstructing his career and publicly nailing him to the cross ? NO. If you're a liberal : please explain why Mozillans don't have the right to their own political opinion, right to do whatever they want with their money, ... If I ever met anyone who expressed this opinion to me, you or anyone else, I'd do the very best I can to remove them from my presence, company, sabotage their career, whatever I can. And I'll feel as smug about it as you. I'm defending freedom and democracy by doing that.

icebraining 12y ago
I specifically said that I'm divided on the issue and I haven't taken position one way or the other, I just disagree with those particular arguments. If you want to make me into the enemy, go ahead, but you're the Quixote here.
wpietri 12y ago
Nobody's denying Eich's legal right to have a political opinion, or to act on it within the bounds of the law. But note that Eich supported stripping people of one of their constitutional rights. Prop 8's explicit goal was to remove the right of equal protection before the law. And further, other people were exercising their political rights: freedom of speech and freedom of association. Having a fancy-pants CEO position is not a legal right. People are free to decide not to work with the guy. And really, if you're defending using the ballot process to strip people of constitutional protections, I'm not so sure you're truly on the side of freedom and democracy. Prop 8 was mob democracy, a classic example of tyranny of the majority.