On Thursday, May 1, 2014 2:02:10 PM UTC-7, hfjfd0...@gmail.com wrote: > Dear Mozilla, > > > > I am 22 years old. I have used Firefox since version 1, when my father > installed it on our home PC. I have always been a huge supporter and > near-exclusive user. I have encouraged friends and relatives to use Firefox > and Thunderbird to protect their privacy and have a better web experience. > > > > I uninstalled Firefox yesterday, because of your cowardly caving to > anti-marriage gay groups. It is clear that Brendan Eich's donation to Prop 8 > was motivated solely by his personal and private views. It is clear that he > has never been accused of any kind of hateful or discriminatory behavior, and > that his leadership as CEO would not be impacted in any way by his personal > views. > > > > But....the gay community needed to put support for traditional marriage on > the same kind of level as white supremacism, neo-Nazism, and other noxious > ideologies. Brendan Eich became the sacrificial victim on the altar of > political correctness. > > > > Mozilla did not have to allow his resignation. Mozillans could have spoken > loudly in support of their co-founder. Instead...a few whimpers, then > silence, then acquiescence. Mozilla, which once took on tech industry > goliaths like Microsoft, couldn't stand up to the shrill screaming of a few > activists. It was a remarkable display of gutlessness. > > > > I am very disappointed. Mozilla's bold, freewheeling spirit and it's > perpetual underdog status was always inspiring to me. But I will not support > you backstabbing, cowardly traitors. I've installed Pale Moon and altered > the user agent string so that it does not get counted by web statistics. > > > > Hopefully, some non-cowardly organization will rise from your ashes, unafraid > of popular opinion and willing to do the right thing for a truly open and > free society.
I agree and will also dis-continue using Firefox due to its quashing free speech. _______________________________________________ governance mailing list governance@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
