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I think someone should ask him whether he's changed his mind. It seems fairly likely; public opinion on gay marriage has changed a lot since 2008.



Hi, Brian! In 2012 he refused to say: https://brendaneich.com/2012/04/community-and-diversity/


ha, this is a laughable anti-apologetic defense. replace "gay" with "black" or "women" and laugh along.

edit: as i reread this an hour later i can't help but feel more strongly. i was originally laughing at the ignorance on display but it's probably more harmful than funny.

"...people in any group or project of significant size and diversity will not agree on many crucial issues unrelated to the group or project." ... "Not only is insisting on ideological uniformity impractical, it is counter-productive..."

this sounds like a defense out of American History X.




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