Comment by gotchange
8 years ago
It's free speech whether you like it or not and I don't think your tactics of playing hardball with Eich or any other skeptic of gay rights would win him over to your cause as it foments feelings of resentment and discontent and likely lead to counter-productive results.
"It's free speech whether you like it or not"
So was the people calling for him to resign.
But that's the exact same situation, right?
Kite's business model is just as legal as Eich's free speech money. But people still think it's wrong, and so they try to find ways to discourage others to act similarly.
I'm not completely sure if such punishment works, but I'm pretty sure that if it works for Each, it will work for Kite, and vice versa.
It's not the same thing.
Kite's business model is attack against open source, thus pertinent to tech.
Eich's view on marriage is completely unrelated and attacks on his professional career for this are abhorrent and juvenile and should be condemned rather than encouraged. Even if you disagree with Eich's stance (which for the record I do).
> It's free speech whether you like it or not
Hmm, is it free speech to use the threat of violence to enforce your personal religious views on others? I'm not convinced.
Did he call for violence against homosexuals or this is just a strawman?
I must admit that I am not well acquainted with all the facts of this controversy, just the basics and I don't recall him calling for violence.
Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14136832
The government enforces the law through the threat of violence.
This is a very low effort flame bait attempt, and HN is not the place for flamewars.
I disagree that it's flamebait, but I do think this is all off-topic. But I just can't keep my dumb mouth shut when someone says that enforcing one's private religious views on others via the government is just fine.
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