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Comment by MrZongle2 | Hacker News Reader

Competency be damned! He held controversial opinions and supported like-minded causes! Destroy him!

Edit: Downvotes, but no replies. Come on, kids...if you think I'm wrong then explain.

He held personal opinions which were incompatible with those of the organisation he was leading, and were actively opposed to the interests of many in the wider community he was a visible and important leader of.

That's why there was so much backlash against the appointment, and in itself stands as evidence that he was not a suitable choice for the position.

First: thank you for responding, regardless of your up/down/no vote.

But I disagree that his personal opinions were incompatible with Mozilla. They make software, Eich makes software.

Mozilla has nothing to do with social activism. Well, at least, they didn't until now.

Mozilla explicitly states that one of it's goals is to foster an inclusive and diverse software community. In their position, where they do so much work related to community engagement, do you not see how the views of their CEO conflicting with their stated mission is a problem?

Whatever your beliefs, I'm not sure how this saga fosters either inclusiveness or diversity, and I'm afraid the word community has lost all meaning.

If they're inclusive and diverse, then they should welcome people with different political perspectives. This isn't about tolerance and inclusiveness. It's about satisfying an angry, vindictive segment of the population that demands a sacrifice. Whether morally right or not, they have stepped in some deep doo-doo, and offended a broad swath of Mozilla supporters.

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