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Really? Is there a rash of this sort of thing going on that I don't know about?Yes. How about the guy who lost his job for making a dongle joke, personally to his friend at a conference that was overheard? (And, then the woman who outed him on the internet lost her job too, again for reasons of public reaction). And tons of other examples besides -- people calling for others to get fired etc, because of their personal, not work related, opinions.
>Or is it pretty much just Brendan Eich right now, reaping the consequences of expressing bigotry publicly?
He never expressed "bigotry publicly". He privately backed a cause he believed in (right or wrong) with a donation.
As for "reaping the consequences", for me this amounts to a lynching mentallity that I'm uncofortable with.
If you don't like someone's opinions on civil rights, fight them in the court of public opinion and/or voting.
Yes. How about the guy who lost his job for making a dongle joke, personally to his friend at a conference that was overheard? (And, then the woman who outed him on the internet lost her job too, again for reasons of public reaction). And tons of other examples besides -- people calling for others to get fired etc, because of their personal, not work related, opinions.
>Or is it pretty much just Brendan Eich right now, reaping the consequences of expressing bigotry publicly?
He never expressed "bigotry publicly". He privately backed a cause he believed in (right or wrong) with a donation.
As for "reaping the consequences", for me this amounts to a lynching mentallity that I'm uncofortable with.
If you don't like someone's opinions on civil rights, fight them in the court of public opinion and/or voting.