JavaScript creator and Mozilla cofounder Brendan Eich was recently appointed the CEO of Mozilla. The problem? He had publicly supported and donated to Prop 8. Social media and the blogosphere saw many people protesting this move. Even OKCupid got on the act, displaying a full-page plea asking its Firefox users to use another browser. This led to a huge backlash against Eich, forcing him to step down.
Of course, internet homophobes had a field day with this, calling it "intolerance against family values". My question is, since when is hatred a family value?
Look up "tolerance" in the dictionary, numbskull.
Of course, not all these people are homophobes. Some of them just misunderstand what "tolerance" actually means. I tolerate intolerance in the same way I tolerate air pollution.
>CEO donates money to legislation campaign to further deny rights of disenfranchised group.
>CEO’s company earns money from consumers.
>Without money from consumers, less money gets funneled into unjust legislation.
>Consumers…not allowed to withhold money because…people on internet say that’s not fair to CEO…what…?
Someone explain this logic to me. If the CEO is free to spend his money/lend his support however he wants, why aren’t the consumers free to spend (or withhold) their money/lend their support in whatever way they want?
And a note on “personal belief.”
Its my
personal belief that people who are into scat play are utterly disgusting. If I found out a good friend or close relative was a fecalphiliac, I probably wouldn’t associate with that person. It's sickening, it spreads disease, and it's probably unnatural. If I ever start a religion, the very first page of my holy book is going to say in bright, bold letters:
“Seriously guys, if you get off on eating shit, you aren’t gonna get to hang out with me in the afterlife.”Now, where do I differ from Mr. Eich? Well, for one, I don’t support legislation saying scat fans can’t get married. I don’t want them barred them from armed service. I don’t equate them with pedophiles. I don’t want to deny them the right to adopt children. The list goes on. In other words, expressing your personal beliefs is one thing; discrimination is wholly another.