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by throwme_123 470 days ago
Brendan Eich is also the inventor of JavaScript and the former CTO of Mozilla.

While I don't support Prop 8 personally, I don't think we should judge technical products on political opinions of their author. You may think it's funny to advocate for bans and boycotts, until the other side does it too and we get a world split in 2 (or more).
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topspin 470 days ago
> You may think it's funny

There is nothing funny here at all. I'm so cynical about all of it that, as a many years long Brave user, I'm actively discouraging people from using it, because if Brave ever has enough users to be a problem for adtech, it will be destroyed. So if the crypto stink or ancient crimes against the progressive project can help forestall this for a few years, then at least they're good for something.

As for Eich and JavaScript; technically, I doubt more that 0.1% of working coders are fit to lace his boots. Myself included.

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kennysoona 470 days ago
> As for Eich and JavaScript; technically, I doubt more that 0.1% of working coders are fit to lace his boots.

That seems pretty extreme.

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SecretDreams 469 days ago
> While I don't support Prop 8 personally, I don't think we should judge technical products on political opinions of their author. You may think it's funny to advocate for bans and boycotts, until the other side does it too and we get a world split in 2 (or more).

Eh. It's one to not knowingly support a bad person, e.g. if they kept their opinions to themselves. But once an individual has made their positions crystal clear, it's a lot harder to morally support their innovations. Someone can do great work in tech, but if they are a known total piece of shit, I may/probably will avoid their products. I find a lot of tech-types try hard to decouple the humanity aspect from the innovation aspect - I presume this is a veiled attempt to get an "be an asshole" pass. Reality is people won't want to be around us if we suck as a humans, no matter how much code any of us put down.

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hitekker 468 days ago
Brendan Eich was against Gay Marriage at the same time that Barrack Obama himself was against Gay Marriage. A detail often forgotten in the rehashing of old grievances.

IMO, calling Brendan evil or bad is the kind of moral shortcut that Progressives love taking. A microcosm of the election, really: all the capable moderates were effectively canceled or marginalized by self-righteous radicals, who deemed that the only "good" candidate was someone who couldn't even win a primary.

It's bad politics and lazy morality.

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