Many people both in the company and community stood up for Brendan publicly and and privately and asked him to stay.
Perhaps taking a moment to read thus blog post will help http://blog.gerv.net/2014/04/your-ire-is-misdirected/ On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Catherine Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe if those of you who supposedly hoped he would stay had stood up for him > in public instead of leaving him alone with the pressure, he'd still be with > you. Sorry, cowardly silence isn't support, and choosing not to support > someone under pressure is the same thing as pressuring him yourselves. Color > me unimpressed unless you can show that there was, in fact, public support > from the majority at Mozilla who -- now, we are supposed to believe -- was on > his side. > > On Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:36:42 AM UTC-4, Till Schneidereit wrote: >> Linda, >> >> >> >> thank you for messaging instead of just silently turning your back on us. >> >> >> >> Yes, Brendan deserved better. Much, much better. I doubt there is a single >> >> person within Mozilla both as an organization and a community that thinks >> >> otherwise. >> >> >> >> Which is why we didn't make him leave. After enduring the public battering >> >> for 11 days and trying to find a way to be an effective leader under the >> >> circumstances, he made the decision to step down. >> >> >> >> Since you care so deeply about this topic and feel betrayed, I hope you can >> >> take the time to read these following blog posts that contain explanations >> >> and perspectives of a much higher quality than I could provide: >> >> http://blog.gerv.net/2014/04/your-ire-is-misdirected/ >> >> https://medium.com/p/7645a4bf8a2 >> >> >> >> >> >> thank you for your time, >> >> till >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Lin Sin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hey, I have preferred and used Mozilla for over 6 years. Your lack of >> >> > tolerance for people who are different, who think differently than YOU, >> >> > seems to elevate and entitles you to make someone leave who has contributed >> >> > so much to Mozilla--Unbelievable. >> >> > >> >> > Now, Mozilla's favorable standing with me is in jeopardy. >> >> > >> >> > Mozilla need to Get totally rid of your obvious 'Intolerance, lack of free >> >> > speech, exclusivity, non-diversity' stance, or lose the base that keeps you >> >> > in place. Be who you claim to be, stand up for that, instead of pretending >> >> > it. >> >> > Diversity means embracing all people, regardless of their thinking, sex, >> >> > age, ugliness, beauty, etc. Where is the equality in this situation here? >> >> > SHAME, SHAME ON YOU AT MOZILLA. >> >> > >> >> > What would you have done, if Brendan had been a sex-changed man, who had >> >> > simply changed his mind about anything----(OR ARE WE NOT ALLOWED TO EVER >> >> > CHANGE OUR MINDS OR BELIEFS??), but condemned forever. >> >> > >> >> > Brendan Eich deserved better than this from Mozilla. Too bad for him that >> >> > he is of that segment of society that now has to be cast down. A White >> >> > Male who has beliefs about marriage that honor women. Too bad. >> >> > >> >> > Total outrage. But, someone with this much knowledge and ability will land >> >> > on his feet, and I will join his next creation--as I am sure he has learned >> >> > a lesson about non-diversity and intolerance from working at Mozilla. >> >> > >> >> > Thanks for showing what Mozilla is really about. >> >> > >> >> > Linda >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > governance mailing list >> >> > [email protected] >> >> > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance -- Benjamin Kerensa http://benjaminkerensa.com _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
