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by pacaro 3302 days ago
I think it's ok to name Brendan Eich here. Just saying "[person who] created JavaScript" makes me think "that's either Brendan Eich or someone lying about having created JavaScript"

If he's chosen to be the CEO of a company again, then he's also chosen to put his social/political views on equality into the public sphere again.

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political/social views? Isn't this an ICO discussion?
If only this argument had worked for Mozilla.
Yup, I was just trying to work out why @porter didn't say Brendan Eich, but used indirection.
He never did that before when at Mozilla.
A political donation is an act of public speech.

I think it's ok to care about the beliefs and views of the officers and board members of a company.

His hazing and firing from Mozilla really sounded like a concession favoring discrimination.
When you stand in a position of power and privilege, then your responsibilities are (or should be) commensurately greater
That is not an excuse to discriminate against people for having different opinions than you.