Re:Why You Should Uninstall Firefox and do Some Soul Searching
by homulilly on Friday April 04, 2014 @02:06AM
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This "blah blah blah Special Interests" meme so many people people have been posting today is, quite frankly, idiotic and extremely insulting. Marriage equality is a human rights issue, not just a "political issue" or "opinion." Eich was not pressured to resign from Mozilla because he voted against funding a bridge or because he doesn't like spinach. People wanted Eich to step down because he's a bigot and a bigot is unqualified to lead an organization whose mission statement is freedom and openness.
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Re:Why You Should Uninstall Firefox and do Some Soul Searching
by ConceptJunkie on Friday April 04, 2014 @01:05PM
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So where does it stop? There are a whole lot of people like Eich, and not all of them will go away.
Re:Why You Should Uninstall Firefox and do Some Soul Searching
by homulilly on Friday April 04, 2014 @03:33PM
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I don't really understand this comment. No one was advocating vandalizing Mozilla property or physically assaulting Eich. Political pressure in the form of protest or boycotts are part of the right to free speech and are vital to the functioning of a free society.