What happened in Indiana is reminiscent of the bullying that led to the ouster of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich exactly this time last year. Eich was harangued for a six-year-old donation supporting an anti-gay marriage ballot initiative, but ultimately purged for refusing to recant his beliefs about marriage.
Last week, Hampton Catlin — a computer programmer and gay rights advocate — started taunting Eich on Twitter. Catlin tweeted, “…couple weeks since I’d gotten some sort of @BrendanEich related hate mail. How things going over there on your side, Brendan? Eich responded, “You demanded I be ‘completely removed from any day to day activities at Mozilla’ & got your wish. I’m still unemployed. How’re you?” Catlin continued to gloat.
Yes, both Catlin and Eich got hate mail, but only one lost his livelihood. Is this really what winning looks like?
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