Brendan Eich resigns as Mozilla CEO
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- GeorgesIV0
The thing is Ukit, has he ever pushed his views on his employees, I've yet to read anything to the contrary so the answer is no,
has he brought mozilla and the web in general forward while keeping his personal views to himself, the answers is yes,
https://brendaneich.com/2014/03/…
I personally think it's petty to check someone's entire life while completely forgetting the achievement he made for all of us, where will the web be without javascript? be honest
"Public records show that between 1991 and 1992, Eich donated a total of $1,000 to Pat Buchanan, then a rightwing Republican presidential candidate. In 1996 and 1998, Eich donated a total of $2,500 to Ron Paul, a maverick Republican congressman for Texas's 14th district."
do you think in 30 years when the social structure would have evolved to something you do not agree with, you will feel happy that they go dig into your past for things that at the end of the day are personal choices,
let say: in 15 years, it is not socially accepted to listen to electronic music, someone dig in your past and pulls out that you frequented a forum where you often posted music of that genre and this leads to you being ostracized (this is a light example btw, to not pull the obligatory child rapist, racist, killer trope)
don't you see the slippery slopes, we're currently having the snowden leaks showing us that they are cataloging our habits/conversation/metadata, do you not see how dangerous it is to go down this road and accepting that because someone is/was/ will be a bigot he shouldn't have the same protection then the person he criticizes?
am I not getting to you at all?