[bluekeybox]

You are not seeing the full picture. There is no "gay mafia". I have gay friends who are wonderful people, and I support their right to marry. Some of my biggest idols in tech are gay. What scares me, however, is that the same confrontational tactics that are used to police tech sector against you-name-it people who had made a silly or insensitive joke about women or donated a couple of bucks to some non-PC campaign -- those same confrontational, entryist tactics were used in the early 20th century by Lenin and his supporters, and we all know where that led.

It's not the message, it's how it is delivered.

[fennecfoxen]

First they came for Brendan Eich. But I did not speak out, because I disagreed with Brendan Eich's political position and thought it was obnoxious. Jerk had it coming, I say.

cough

[bluekeybox]

Eich is far from the first. The mob's appetite for blood is greater than you think:

* http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/donglegate-adria-richar...

* http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/pr-executive-j...

* http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2013/09/10/busines...

* http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/30/paul-graham-responds-to-cri...

[weavejester]

A CEO is the public face of a company. Mozilla didn't just hire Eich for his technical skills, but to represent the company as a whole. Unlike many positions, the personal opinions of a CEO are relevant to their job.