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I figured it out. This guy is a SJW who is offended that Brendan Eich donated $1000 to Prop 8 in California.

I mean, that was a pretty terrible thing to do and learning it does color my perception of Brave. I just wish the OP had provided that context (and they probably wouldn't have gotten so downvoted by others if they had).

How is donating money to a campaign that passed with 7 million votes a "terrible thing to do"? Are we not allowed to have an opinion that is different from the intelligentsia?

This sort of thing does color my perception of Brave in the other direction. The fact that Eich refused to "confess and recant" in the face of internet lynch mobs and getting fired as CEO of Mozilla makes him rather brave in my estimation.

Donating money (or voting) towards restricting others' individual liberties is a terrible thing to do, period.

But that's all I'll say on the matter, so as to avoid a flame-war.

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