David,
Thank you for your comments. Perhaps Brendan fell on his sword to protect the
organization. Whether he was forced out or felt it was necessary to leave on
his own in order to protect the organization, the result is the same.
Brendan Eich left as the result of the intolerance to his own personal
political views.
The fact that Mozilla Executive Chairwoman Mitchell Baker fell all over herself
to effectively condemn him in her blog post demonstrates that Mozilla would
prefer to bow to bullying tactics of the left instead of standing up for
freedom of speech. It takes courage to take a stand. Mozilla failed.
Dennis Culley
> Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 16:45:59 +0200
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Brendan Eich
>
> Thank you for your comments and your stand on freedom of speech. It
> seems, however, that you were misinformed. Brendan Eich was not fired,
> nor forced out by Mozilla. Brendan Eich chose to step down, as he felt
> that the controversy was damaging for the mission of Mozilla.
>
> We will keep fighting the good fight for freedom of speech, for privacy
> and for the open web. It is my hope that Brendan will keep contributing
> to this fight, whether as part of Mozilla or as part of some other venture.
>
> Best regards,
> David
>
> On 4/4/14 2:31 PM, Dennis Culley wrote:
> >
> > I understand that Mozilla has forced
> > out CEO Brendan Eich due to his conservative political views. That
> > is unfortunate. I never realized that Mozilla was a political
> > organization that was so intolerant of other people's views and
> > opinions that they would take discriminatory action. As far as I am
> > aware, Mr. Eich has never been intolerant of another person's
> > opinions nor has he he been accused of discrimination. His only “sin”
> > is expressing his own personal opinion as an individual, NOT as a
> > employee of Mozilla. That opinion is shared by millions of other
> > people. People like me.
> >
> >
> > It is unfortunate that in America we
> > are now being forced to choose our associations based on politics.
> > Since that is the case I guess I have to choose to end my association
> > with Mozilla.
> >
> >
> > Dennis Culley
> >
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> David Rajchenbach-Teller, PhD
> Performance Team, Mozilla
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