On Friday, April 4, 2014 8:42:54 AM UTC-6, David Rajchenbach-Teller wrote: > Thank you for your comments and your stand on freedom of speech. It > > seems, however, that you were misinformed. Brendon 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 4:09 PM, Randy Carter wrote: > > > On Friday, April 4, 2014 8:31:37 AM UTC-4, 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 > > > > > > Interesting concept, fighting intolerance with intolerance. However, Mr. > > Eich's views were his own personal views. And in my opinion were well held > > and and not intolerant views. And obviously they didn't mesh for the > > groupthink that seems to be running rampant around the Mozilla leadership. > > You betray the image you want to show to the world. And you would deny > > someone who had well held beliefs violates several rights of Mr. Eich > > guaranteed him by the Constitution of this country. And I am going to > > exercise my right to not use your product due to this action. Shame on you > > all and a pox on your house. And oh by the way I am getting ready to have > > a delete party on my computers and two guesses and the first one is gone as > > to the subject of these deletions, anything dealing with Mozilla. > > > Randy Carter > > > _______________________________________________ > > > governance mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > > > > > > > > > -- > > David Rajchenbach-Teller, PhD > > Performance Team, Mozilla
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