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Re:Brendan Eich by zorpner on Sunday April 06, 2014 @11:44PM (#7544525)
> If someone hadn't uncovered it, would he have outed himself by publicly denigrating gay marriage?

That's what his contribution was. That's literally what he did.

No one is stopping you from admiring Eich, and no one is stopping you from going and working for him. People who were upset by his publicly stated views chose to vocalize that, and to encourage others who felt similarly not to patronize the company he was heading. Is there any part of that process you'd like to prohibit? This is exactly how free speech is supposed to work -- say anything you like, and accept the consequences.

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Re:Brendan Eich by blisterpeanuts on Monday April 07, 2014 @12:13AM (#7544600)
What public statements did he make? Kindly share the link; I missed this somehow. It was my understanding that he did not make any public statements about his views on gay marriage but simply donated money to Prop 8, then someone was able to find this out because in California such a donation is public information.
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Re:Brendan Eich by zorpner on Monday April 07, 2014 @12:21AM (#7544618)
Are we really doing this? A public contribution to a specific cause is, of course, a statement. Now please, quote the dictionary definition of "statement" back at me to make this HN conversation complete.
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