On Sunday, April 6, 2014 10:45:20 AM UTC-4, Michael Connor wrote: > An immense amount of effort went into trying to support Brendan and weather > the storm.
Sorry Michael but I simply do not believe this. Perhaps there was some agonizing behind the scenes, but there was not even one lukewarm official statement of support for Brendan after the OkCupid initiated the boycott. To truly lend support, it behooved Mitchell or whomever to actually dispel the false reporting about the board shakeup, highlight relevant excerpts from the company code of conduct, educate everyone on who Brendan is and what his contributions to Mozilla and WWW have been, describe his workplace record on LGBT rights, and unequivocally denounce the boycott as unjust and un-Mozillian. Instead, all I saw was one throwaway line in the post-mortem press release to the effect of "no one ever saw coming" the fact that Brendan made the Prop 8 donation when it first came to light in 2012 based on his observed conduct. The rest was all an incoherent, groveling mess blatantly intended to appease a lynch mob. There was a missed opportunity to actually publicize the great work and values of the company, and show what upholding openness and inclusivity really looks like by supporting a family member in his most difficult hour. _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
