Firing someone for being opposed to same-sex marriage is political in the same way firing someone for robbing a bank is.

▲

HanClinto 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

This is dangerous, faulty thinking.

Equivocating speech and crime as both being "violence" (of similar class, deserving similar response) is a fallacy that lets people justify murder in response to disagreement as long as it's deemed serious enough.

	▲	array_key_first 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yes it's not violence, but it's not speech either. Donating money is performing material harm. That might be an unfortunate reality, but it's undeniable. It's a different thing from just saying something. Also, you can absolutely be fired for just saying something and that's been the case forever. As a CEO, you are essentially marketing your company. Marketing it poorly and losing customers can, and will, get you fired - in every company, ever.

▲

snovymgodym 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Really? Having an opinion endorsed by the mainstream doctrine of several world religions with billions of adherents is the same as robbing a bank?

That being said, I disagree with Eich and it probably made sense for the org to let him go given how his views might impact public perception of Mozilla.

▲

mplewis 5 days ago | parent [-]

Does it feel good to be on the side of millions of like-minded bigots?

	▲	snovymgodym 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Not sure where I said I was on their side.

▲

diggyhole 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

wat