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Brendan Eich Steps Down As Mozilla CEO
New submitter matafagafo (1343219) writes with this news, straight from the Mozilla blog, which comes in the wake of controversy over Brendan Eich's polticial views (in particular, his support for California's Proposition 8, which would have reversed a decision legalizing same-sex marriage within the state). and how they would reflect on the organization : "Brendan Eich has chosen to step down from his role as CEO. He's made this decision for Mozilla and our community. Mozilla believes both in equality and freedom of speech. Equality is necessary for meaningful speech. And you need free speech to fight for equality. Figuring out how to stand for both at the same time can be hard ..."
(Hypothetical way-hyperbolic comparison)If they voted for Hitler? Yeah, I'm going to do that.
If you vote for the modern republican party in the united states(at the national level), you are actively engaged in using your limited power to harm others, and there's not really any excuse I've heard for the behavior.
Prop 8 was never against people. It was against the self-contradicting phenomenon called "gay marriage". Even if the government should recognize marriage at all (an assumption I, as a Libertarian, doubt strongly), there is no justification for equating the regular, children-producing marriage and gay-unions. Indeed, no culture in the history of humanity has done so — even those, who (like ancient Athens) were perfectly tolerant of homosexuality.
That it does... Boycotts — over any cause — are perfectly legal...
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
Heaven forbid anyone ever believe that being black is a bad thing.
Heaven forbid anyone ever believe that a woman is a bad thing.
Heaven forbid anyone ever believe that speaking French is a bad thing.
Heaven forbid anyone ever believe that interracial marriage is a bad thing.
Shall I continue?
You're free to believe these things, yes, but likewise, everyone else is free to judge and boycott you for it too. Freedom goes both ways.
True. History has shown Joe McCarthy was right.
"The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old......They literally know nothing." - Ben Rhodes
People like him never know the meaning of words they use... they just use them because they know that their brain dead, head up ass friends will agree with them.
Fascism: An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. See also: NAZI's
People like him never know the meaning of words they use... they just use them because they know that their brain dead, head up ass friends will agree with them.
Socialism is less-advanced communism, often described by early communist practitioners and advocates as an intermediate stage between capitalism and communism. Both systems advocate social ownership of the means of production. Communism differs by degree, as it aims to completely re-invent society in some rather fundamental ways (i.e. ultimately wages are no longer paid, for instance).
While I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter and how they differ from mine, I'd imagine you'd rather just call me (and apparently my friends, too) disparaging names.
Irony: Agile development has too much intertia to be abandoned now.