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On the contrary, I believe that the kind of "moral judgment" I've exhibited makes me better qualified for leadership than all of these people that have zero ability to empathize with the execs of Pixar and five other major animation houses, and automatically jumps to the conclusion that they're evil and dastardly. I didn't say Catmull is my new personal idol, I'm just making an argument that is conspicuously absent from the rest of this thread -- namely, that Catmull is not necessarily Literally Hitler based on the information we have available, which is a bandwagon most people here seem excited to jump aboard.

I didn't say Catmull shouldn't face consequences. I didn't say what he did was super-cool. I'm trying to provide a more reasonable POV here, and indicate that there's nothing indicating mens rea up to this point, and most people are inferring there is. And even if there is, we should consider this in a dispassionate manner, and continue to value Catmull's contributions in reasonable proportion.

I don't understand why this community is so quick to demonize and trample people, especially people like Catmull or Eich who have long, long histories of stellar contribution and reputation. I think it has more to do with the witch hunters being unable to think outside of the constraints of the cast story if it hits their righteousness button on the way down. But this attitude of discarding people like trash because they make a conclusion that we don't like is ridiculous and damaging. I can't see how anyone would be excited to enter a field filled with such people.