Comment by coldpie
8 years ago
To which "professional witch hunt" are you referring? Are "private religious views" still private when you are using the government to enforce them on others? Is a CEO who spends considerable sums of his own money to do harm to his own employees for no benefit fit to remain CEO? Are users not allowed to demand good behavior from the companies they support?
No. Users are not allowed to dictate private religious views to people who work for companies. That's unreasonable.
Boycotting a company because you don't like the political views of one of it's employees on the other hand is just silly.
What exactly is your issue with separating personal and professional life? Do you feel you should be professionally attacked or your company boycotted because you (presumably) support gay marriage and some people feel that's wrong? No, of course you shouldn't. You should have a right to vote, support, do whatever in this regard and it shouldn't affect you professionally.
Look, I personally support gay marriage. But this kind of behavior on the part of the "crusaders" is outrageous. It really is.
I think it's legitimately a fascinating discussion point! Thank you for engaging me on it instead of freaking out. While we disagree, I do understand where you're coming from.
Again, the issue was not his "private religious views." The issue was when he used his power and influence to enforce those views on other people who did not subscribe to them. The line is crossed when one tries to enforce their personal beliefs on others via the government. It's not about politics--I think there are many things in politics about which reasonable people can disagree--it's specifically about enforcing a religious viewpoint on other people through the government. I don't force my religion on others; I think it's reasonable to demand that others do the same, and to enforce that demand through the means available to me, which may well include a boycott.
Sure likewise. I mean, no hard feelings but go all the way up the chain to parent. He suggests Brave browser shouldn't get funding (and people shouldn't use it?) because at one point Eich gave a couple thousand bucks to a (failed) campaign to prevent gay marriage from becoming legal.
And who cares? The question should be is the browser any good.
Do you think people should call his place of employment and claim they aren't going to use the product unless they "fire the pervert"? It's ridiculous. It really is. And I'd be saying exactly the same thing if the relationship were switched.
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