How Silicon Valley trolled Mozilla’s CEO out of office

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So much for diversity, openness, and freedom. For me, this does nothing but make me hide my personal beliefs as I don't want to make some kind of mistake and offend the masses.

If a CEO cheats on his significant other, should we shame them and attempt to get them fired? After all, cheating on someone is a breach of trust and not a good quality in a leader. What about having an abortion? Many people believe this is murder......

If you tell me it's none of my business..I agree..and neither is this.

I think for a lot of people, their main issue revolved around Prop 8 being a civil rights issue. You are correct, however, in your example of a CEO cheating on their significant other, and for some people that is a breach of trust enough to not want to do business with that company. I agree completely that your business is no one else's but your own, but if your beliefs interfere with the rights and well-being of others, you can expect backlash.

All this will do is encourage people to give money in ways that can't easily be traced. Mob rule will lead to LESS accountability, not more.

I've given money to Lambda Legal Defense Fund for years, but that doesn't mean I support rule by the Booboisie.

Imagine it were the sixties and he had donated money to fight desegregation. Would you be so upset he was forced out then? I doubt it. He was on the wrong side of history and now he's paying the price for it. Tough shit.

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