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2525 points hownottowrite | 2 comments | 08 Oct 19 09:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.409s | source
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rjzzleep ◴[08 Oct 19 11:24 UTC] No.21191018[source]▶
Have we all forgotten when Mozilla replaced the CTO with a long history of internet freedom work to replace him with a marketing director and the disaster that followed?

Are we going to keep trampling on all our freedoms in the name of ... freedom(?) and then blame it all on China?

EDIT: I knew some people were going to try to spin it into something it wasn't.

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Steltek ◴[08 Oct 19 11:26 UTC] No.21191038[source]▶
Was that the same lover of freedom that campaigned to take away the freedom of others?
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fishtacos ◴[08 Oct 19 12:12 UTC] No.21191334[source]▶
People forget the context of the uproar and protests against Brendan. Indeed he was the lover of freedom that sent in political donations to take freedom away from others - namely, those not like him. It's interesting to see how people, especially champions of freedom of expression, can compartmentalize that mentality so easily and justify it to oneself. Those people deserve to be called out. Calling them out is also something freedom affords.
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1. roenxi ◴[08 Oct 19 13:44 UTC] No.21192192[source]▶
By a careful examination of Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and atheism I can tell that a large number of people are spreading damaging mistruths about some of the most important aspects of life. Much more damaging than being wrong about gay marriage.

We have to be able to compartmentalise what people are wrong about that affects their work and what they are wrong about that does not. It is distasteful to support someone who is obnoxiously wrong but their being excellent at what they do has to count for something.

Dunno what the story is for this specific political spat at Mozilla; but compartmentalising "relevant to my work" and "irrelevant to my work" is a fundamental plank in the wobbly structure of civilised society. Even the most rabid will support some aspects of freedom and not others. Support compartmentalisation, even if in this case it meant he was the wrong man for the job and had to go.

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2. erikpukinskis ◴[08 Oct 19 16:24 UTC] No.21193953[source]▶
If you want to be a leader of hundreds of people, different standards apply.