Hi Dennis,
That first quote actually explicitly calls out an action that Mozilla
took that we're apologizing for - "we didn’t move fast enough to engage
with people once the controversy started". The situation was not
improved by Mozilla's silence early on; we're usually better about
expressing ourselves in public.
Cheers,
Josh
On 04/07/2014 12:22 PM, Dennis Culley wrote:
Panos, Here is the original quote from 3APr. The tone of this post is
unambiguous in the sense that someone did something wrong. Since Brendan was
the only one to have been affected it is logical to assume that Ms. Mitchell
places the blame squarely on Mr. Eich's shoulders and his position on gay
marriage in 2008.
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/04/03/brendan-eich-steps-down-as-mozilla-ceo/
“Mozilla
prides itself on being held to a different standard and, this past
week, we didn’t live up to it. We know why people are hurt and
angry, and they are right: it’s because we haven’t stayed true to
ourselves.
We
didn’t act like you’d expect Mozilla to act. We didn’t move
fast enough to engage with people once the controversy started. We’re
sorry. We must do better.”
Prior
to this post, Ms. Mitchell had this to say.
https://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2014/03/26/building-a-global-diverse-inclusive-mozilla-project-addressing-controversy/
“I
am an avid supporter of equal rights for all. I support equal rights
for the LGBT community, I support equal rights for underrepresented
groups, and I have some pretty radical views about the role of
underrepresented groups in social institutions. I was surprised in
2012, when his donation in support of Proposition 8 came to light, to
learn that Brendan and I aren’t in close alignment here, since I’ve
never seen any indication of anything other than inclusiveness in our
work together (note: I’ve edited this sentence to give clarity).”
Here
is the problem. It is clear that Ms. Mitchell is “surprised” that
someone could have views that do not support same sex marriage yet
still be inclusive and not discriminatory. Why is that?
There
is an important distinction to be made here. I happen to believe that
words actually have meaning. That men are different than women (in a good way)
and
that marriage is between a man and a woman. This is in no way
discriminatory against a gay union but it does indicate a rational
basis on which to disagree with calling it marriage.
Dennis
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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 17:56:04 +0300
Subject: Re: Brendan Eich
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On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 5:42 AM, Dennis Culley <[email protected]> wrote:
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.
Could you quote the specific part of Mitchell's post that you refer to? Because
I haven't read anything like what you describe here. On the contrary, she has
told the entire community in a recent town hall meeting how she tried to
convince him to stay at Mozilla, along with the rest of the board. This has
been officially communicated here:
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/04/05/faq-on-ceo-resignation/
It is the hope of a lot of us at Mozilla that Brendan will some day decide to
return to the project at some capacity, once this sad incident is behind us.
Panos
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