I'm having a really hard time writing this without snark, so forgive me if any of it comes through:
In reality letting him stay would've been interpreted as an endorsement by all the people making a huge fuss about it
Those people "making a huge fuss about it" were denied equal rights for an additional six years thanks, in part, to Eich. Are you suggesting they should have just shut up? Where do you draw the line?
Diversity and inclusion should mean including people who don't agree with diversity and inclusion.
We're going to have to disagree on that. Rights are rights - I don't see how tolerating someone who thinks gays are inferior is one whit different than tolerating someone who thinks blacks or women are inferior.
> Those people "making a huge fuss about it" were denied equal rights
> Where do you draw the line?
At "anger doesn't justify actions that hurt others". I'm not sure what your point is, getting him fired didn't help... A guy was denied the first amendment and mozilla lost a talented engineer, a net loss.
> Rights are rights - I don't see how tolerating someone who thinks gays are inferior is one whit different than tolerating someone who thinks blacks or women are inferior.
Provided they do not act on those beliefs, I agree, people should not be persecuted based on some beliefs ingrained in them from childhood. Looks like I'm more tolerant than you are.
For what seems like the third time this thread, Eich stepped down. He was not fired, he was not asked to leave by the board. He quit. This is not a trivial distinction and it smacks of dishonesty that you continue to repeat it.
Provided they do not act on those beliefs,
But he did act on them. Eich didn't get people mad at him because he thought gay people were icky, he got people mad at him because he took action to strip away their rights.
In reality letting him stay would've been interpreted as an endorsement by all the people making a huge fuss about it
Those people "making a huge fuss about it" were denied equal rights for an additional six years thanks, in part, to Eich. Are you suggesting they should have just shut up? Where do you draw the line?
Diversity and inclusion should mean including people who don't agree with diversity and inclusion.
We're going to have to disagree on that. Rights are rights - I don't see how tolerating someone who thinks gays are inferior is one whit different than tolerating someone who thinks blacks or women are inferior.