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by livestyle 2804 days ago
Andrew Torba former YC'er got kicked out for triggering other YC alum for saying "Build the Wall" -

or we can go w/ Brendan Eich getting booted from Mozilla.

The list can go on and on and on.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/04/mozill...

https://www.facebook.com/garry/posts/10102671732962523?pnref...

3 comments

Clearly it wasn't just saying "build the wall," from your own link:

> All of you: fuck off. Take your morally superior, elitist, virtue signaling bullshit and shove it.

> I call it like I see it, and I helped meme a President into office, cucks.

> I could give a shit less about your respect for me or anyone else's. Build the wall is exactly what the fuck it means: build the wall.

At almost any office job in America this is not an acceptable way to talk to your colleagues. At what programming job am I allowed to call people cucks for disagreeing with my politics?

1. It wasn't his job. It was the YC network he was thrown out of.

2. His own testimony was that "John Levy called me and said that because I said "build the wall" I am now removed from the network."

1. The same principle applies, unless you want to argue that YC should have lower standards than the average tech job.

2. I don't know much about this person, but I'm going to need something more than his word on this one. The much more obvious explanation that it was his behavior towards other founders.

Is there some reason you got the impression that Torba was kicked "for saying build the wall" and not for being a huge jerk to people on social?
"John Levy called me and said that because I said "build the wall" I am now removed from the network"
“The main thing I want to get across here is: we believe that everyone is entitled to their political beliefs and they are welcome to support the political candidates of their choosing. Having an honest, rational dialogue between all parts of the political spectrum is going to be important for us as a country moving forward. But under no circumstances do we tolerate harassing or threatening other founders (or anyone for that matter). Regardless of what you believe, if you act in a hostile way that makes the community feel unsafe, you will be ejected from the YC community.”

https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/12/pro-trump-ceo-gets-booted-...

I thought Brendan Eich resigned. Is there any evidence he was ejected, and furthermore ejected because of which issues he donated to?
He did resign.

Specifically, he resigned due to protest/pressure relating to his 1000 dollar donation in support of prop 8 (which would have banned gay marriage in CA).

It seems inconceivable to me that his resignation was unrelated to this. An excerpt from his resignation announcement:

> I have decided to resign as CEO effective today, and leave Mozilla. Our mission is bigger than any one of u, and under the present circumstances, I cannot be an effective leader.