Eich was actively coerced into leaving under threat of boycotts and continued disruption of his business by the "social justice" community.

You don't get to hold a witch-hunt and then shrug your shoulders when the witch you were hunting fled town.

Yes, that's how free speech works.

But Eich did not have to resign. The board never even so much as asked him to step down. He chose to step down because he realized how toxic he was to his company's reputation as CEO.

The owner of Chik-Fil-A has taken a lot of flack too for his hateful views, but he sticks around anyway. And as a result, I don't eat there. Eich could have done the same if he wanted, and I would have just not used Firefox at all anymore. And now if you don't want to use Firefox because he chose to resign, then don't. That's your right. If you want to complain about others who protested his promotion, do so. That's your right. But don't claim he was fired when he clearly wasn't. Mozilla's own press release states very clearly that it was voluntary.

The tech community tends to be more progressive than fast food consumers, so the pushback was a bit louder. But Eich had plenty of bigots on his side of this, too. After all, roughly 45% of the country still believes gay people are not deserving of equal treatment under the law.

I never said he was fired, I said he was coerced. It's one of several subtleties that are apparently lost on some.

Maybe you didn't; I also wasn't directly referring to you alone.

I don't know what you want, some kind of world where people are forced to be tolerant of intolerance?

Regardless of which side you are on, or which side the public was clamoring for, it's basic free speech going on here. People can say whatever they want. And Eich could have done whatever he wanted in response.