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Re:Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO by danudey on Thursday April 03, 2014 @03:34PM (#7525631)
Meh. Sticking to your values of exclusion and divisiveness isn't really something I can respect someone for. 'Good for you for continuing to believe that gay people shouldn't be allowed to marry, even though it doesn't hurt you in any way if they do.'

Preventing gay people from getting married really just seems like spite, like 'I don't like you so you can't have this'. I can't respect someone like that.

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Re:Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO by radicalbyte on Thursday April 03, 2014 @03:52PM (#7525875)
> even though it doesn't hurt you in any way if they do.

He is no longer CEO of Mozilla, a job he quite clearly wanted to do. Sticking to his beliefs _HAS_ cost him.

It's not spite. It's based on his moral framework. 15 years ago I shared that framework, so I understand why he feels that way. He is, in my opinion, wrong, and I hope that he eventually realizes that (like I did).

But he stuck to his beliefs at a time when lesser men would have buckled.

We could do with my people like that in the financial industry..

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Re:Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO by DerKommissar on Thursday April 03, 2014 @07:00PM (#7527661)
Would you say the same of people who hold opinions you've always thought were immoral? Do you respect the current remaining members of the KKK for sticking to their guns?
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