What do you guys want out of this? Do you want Eich to step down from CEO to CTO? Quit Mozilla entirely (and never get employment at any other company you use?) Issue a statement publicly renouncing his views?
Would it be better if he publicly lied about his views? Are we promoting an environment where you have to announce all the "correct" political positions to gain employment?
I guess this depends on how important the issue is. In this case, it seems to be an issue which is fairly important to a lot of people - that of civil liberties.
Wouldn't the most "pro-civil-liberties" position be to have the government not be involved in a private arrangement between two citizens - regardless of gender?
Would it be better if he publicly lied about his views?
He cant(he donated publicly).
Now he is free to believe what's he wants to believe,just as you and I are free to have an opinion about the subject.Humans are not perfect we all have some level of bigotery and prejudice,noone can deny that. Even I who is pro gay rights.
Are we promoting an environment where you have to announce all the "correct" political positions to gain employment?
Only if you are a public figure in that company,and the CEO obviously is.
He is in the tech business,where these issues are becoming important today. Misogyny,racism at the work place are important subjects right now,we all saw what happened with github and how it can hurt a brand.
It's all about wether Eich as CEO will hurt Firefox and Mozilla brand or not, I believe it will.
It's kind of absurd to see this sort of contradictory reasoning.
I think there'd be outrage if it was suggested that some employee of some company should be fired just because he chose to spend his own time and/or money supporting a pro-gay cause.
Yet as we've seen in this case, it's apparently deemed perfectly acceptable by those who'd be outraged in the other case to level the exact same kind of discrimination against somebody who supports an opposite viewpoint.
I can't see how such contradictory behavior will help garner support. Fighting discrimination with discrimination is self-defeating.
Would it be better if he publicly lied about his views? Are we promoting an environment where you have to announce all the "correct" political positions to gain employment?