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Ask HN: Why was the CNET interview with Brendan Eich taken down?

3 points by datalus ↗ HN
I don't get this at all. He either embraces the inclusiveness Mozilla espouses or he steps down. Simple as that.

This is a human rights issue, there really is no other way around it. It's sad on all sides. Mozilla is doing work I support and believe in, but Eich has really tainted that. If Eich continues with his logical conclusion, then Mozilla will fall on the wrong side of history.

http://www.cnet.com/news/mozilla-ceo-gay-marriage-firestorm-could-hurt-firefox-cause-q-a/

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kencausey
Why do you think it was taken down? I see two postings

https://hn.algolia.com/?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fnews%2...

datalus
The original post was taken down pretty quickly with at least 10 comments, I tried to post the above that I wrote and it came back with an expired link...

I tried to search for it, but nothing came up. This looks like someone reposted it.

Edit: That actually looks like the original post, but it got owned by the HN ranking due to controversy (more comments than upvotes) And it has less comments than I thought... heh good though if gets enough upvotes. :)

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dang
It was not "taken down". It fell in rank. That may sound like nitpicking, but when it comes to inflammatory topics we all have a responsibility to be precise with our language.

The post fell in rank because of user flags and HN's flamewar detector.

Finally, this post is off-topic for HN (and always has been). When you have questions like this, please email hn@ycombinator.com.