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Re:Mozilla, Tor Join Calls to Oust Richard Stallman from Fre... by jfim on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @07:03PM (#26574190)
> I'm skeptical of the idea that having heterodox opinions or being a bit of a stubborn ass should be a fireable offense

It's more of an issue when someone is part of the leadership for a group though, as they are seen as representing the whole group.

Re:Mozilla, Tor Join Calls to Oust Richard Stallman from Fre... by yellowapple on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @08:17PM (#26574871)
Well maybe that mentality is the actual problem, rather than the targets thereof. It's quite possible to separate personal beliefs from professional interactions, and unless there's tangible evidence that said separation ain't happening, then maybe we could stand to assume innocence in the absense of evidence of guilt?

Like, should we consider the emtire organization developing the Brave web browser to be implicitly homophobic because its founder and CEO once donated to an anti-gay-marriage campaign? Should we have considered Mozilla itself to have been at one point implicitly homophobic in its brief appointment of that same person as CEO? Was Netscape homophobic for that reason?

Or do you think that maybe people can have views that ain't representative of their employers?