"Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their actual or perceived membership in a certain group or category, "in a way that is worse than the way people are usually treated."[1] It involves the group's initial reaction or interaction, influencing the individual's actual behavior towards the group or the group leader,"

Eich was discriminated against. Who else?

Dittos KH.
Mozilla’s Chairman of the Board Mitchell Baker is a case study in the suppression of free speech.
"Mozilla believes both in equality and freedom of speech.”
No you don’t. You support the suppression of the freedom of speech if you don’t agree with the mind behind it. And you engaged in the destruction of an individual because his beliefs are not “equally” egalitarian as yours... in your opinion.

“Equality is necessary for meaningful speech," Tell that to Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn or Martin Luther King. One was imprisoned in a gulag. Not much equality there, but that did not stop his pursuit of free speech and freedom.

"And you need free speech to fight for equality.”
So why are you killing it. If you don’t like the speech, or oppose someone’s support for an amendment to the California constitution (Prop 8) that won 52% of the popular vote, you must destroy them. You want to eliminate the opposition. They must be defined as evil and destroyed

“Figuring out how to stand for both at the same time can be hard."
No, IT IS NOT HARD! You just can’t be a walking taking contradiction. You can not be a person who seeks the destruction of life and productivity.

This woman is a U C Berkley educated statist drone.
Cheers.

It's really too bad. I am interested in the discussion, but the ad hominem attacks are designed to silence opposition.

Hello Eudaimonia,
He is strident in his belief. One thing: The First amendment (Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition etc.) was written to protect unpopular speech, assembly, etc. since popular speech... would need no such protection. Some do not recognize, and respect this in all of it's manifestations. Free association can not dictate forced association.
That said: This being your thread, I respect your right to censor it.
Regards,
O.A.

As I posted at 7:35 this morning, I was giving ample time for any posts to be read.

That done, due to:

Ruling Class superiority:
* "To everyone who doesn't understand how civil rights work..."
* "I have a question to everyone here who opposes civil rights..."
* "...then allow me to educate you..."

Defining freedom by what is convenient to him:
* "To say that any and all behaviors should be permitted is not freedom..."

Supporting reprisals against those who disagree with him:
* "Take any action which helps to further or support a hate group, and you should be prepared to face the consequences."

and Constant highjacking of other's threads -

I will now be making use of the "Hide" option and hiding all of Maphesdus' posts on this thread and possibly any other which I might start.

Maphesdus is free to start his own threads on how Brendan Eich or anyone else who disagrees with him is a bigot and deserves reprisals, and I urge him to do so.

Thank you.

It is interesting to me that YOU are accusing ME of doing this. I always am going back to the definition of words so we are on the same page and you are forever asking me to accept some new concept. OK, let's go with your definition. Gay activists *discriminated* against Mozilla and specifically Mr. Eich with the intent to persecute. and they won't stop there. see recent Slate article. the intent is to force companies, through boycotting pressure, to influence ALL of their employees (by coercive means-like threatening to fire or force out) how to contribute politically. again see slate article

"To everyone who doesn't understand how civil rights work..."

Quiet all!
The mighty Maph is about to edify us!

"Take any action which helps to further or support a hate group, and you should be prepared to face the consequences."

Way to go with the slightly veiled fascist threats, Maph!
The end justifies the means, woo-hoo!

What a pompous ass you are, really, Maph.

Anyone with a different opinion "opposes civil rights".

I am giving it until noon today, so everyone can have a chance to read your ridiculous, thread-hijacking accusations and rants, and then I am going to use the hide function on every single one of your posts to this thread or any other thread I start.

Yes, only behaviors the mighty Maphesdus thinks should be permitted!!!

Fight under this banner, friends!!!

Onward, to Maphtopia!!!

Maph, you are very, very close to me hiding every post you make on every thread I own.

"If you consider the use of the word in a bad limerick, then I can't consider you a satirist."
You can consider whatever you'd like, Fred.

"Furthermore, I had no knowledge of your original use of Gestapo since I was responding to Maphesdus' post."
Exactly my point, Fred. Maph has a way of hijacking threads, which he has done here.

"Whenever the words, asked to resign appear, it is simply a euphemism for fired."
Which was also my point, Fred

You're arguing against my freedom to choose. I'm not arguing for the freedom to persecute.

How can my choice to not participate at the point of a gun in someone else's wants, even begin to meet the definition of persecution except in your strangely convoluted logic?

You want the freedom to be you - you've got it. Go for it. You want somehow to force me to do anything - pound sand.