| > Eich wasn't “virtually lynched”. He certainly was. I was there and I remember it very well. Twitter and the media went nuts, demanding he be fired. > Serious questions about his credibility in adhering to values some people expected of Mozilla were raised And Mozilla employees stood up for him, saying that he always treated all employees equally with respect and fairness. > creating a PR issue for Mozilla which he was evidently incapable of managing. Mm How would you suggest he should have "managed" it? Mm. > This is in no way similar to a lynching, and one must be extraordinarily sheltered to find them similar. It exactly is, and there's no need for you to turn to personal attacks against me. |
Demanding someone be fired by the people with the authority to do so because you perceive that they are unsuitable for a particular role isn't lynching. It may be, in some cases, unjustified by he facts, but what makes a lynching a lynching has nothing to do with whether the accusations made are unjustified.
> It exactly is
I don't think you understand what a lynching is, because none of what you have described resembles one in any meaningful way.