The IRS rules governing nonprofits still required the Mozilla Foundation to beg big to go big: the parent had to go find big grants from Soros, Ford, Knight, MacArthur, and give smaller grants to many. This put it in the lefties-only-no-righty-Irish-need-apply revolving-door personnel sector of NGOs and nonprofits (too many glowies there for me, too). Which meant I had a hostile MoFo over my head the minute I got CEO appointment from the MoCo board…

Of course I can’t comment on anything about my exit, for reasons that only the most loopy HN h8ers still can’t figure out.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43251203

  • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    314·
    6 hours ago

    I understood what he said. Strip out some rude terms and it sounds accurate. The comments here sound like someone shouted “squirrel” to a pack of rabid dogs.

    I also lack common sense and am posting this comment. In my feeble defense I really don’t know the guy, and suspect he likes baiting others

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
      21·
      5 hours ago

      Which is accurate? It reads like an unhinged paranoid conspiracist. Do you think Geroge Soros runs mozilla? Do you think it’s being controlled by federal agents?

        • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
          12·
          4 hours ago

          You said it “sounds accurate” then complained about people’s criticism of it. You didn’t actually give any detail about what’s accurate about it or try to explain it in terms that aren’t “rude”.

          So my reading comprehension is fine, it’s just your ability to actually explain what it is you agree with (in terms that aren’t “rude”) is lacking.

          • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            11·
            4 hours ago

            Ok:

            • list of donors that are not all left
            • parent organizations that get money from above
            • mozilla gets money from parents

            Op latches onto one donor; pulls some other stuff out , and the crowd goes wild

            • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
              4·
              3 hours ago

              This put it in the lefties-only-no-righty-Irish-need-apply revolving-door personnel sector of NGOs

              Ok, so you say the donors are not all left, so why would a politically diverse set of donors result in Mozilla having “lefties-only” hiring practices? Reading comprehension requires some critical thinking.

              It seems Brendan Eich doesn’t understand that it’s a politcal diverse group that donated to Mozilla (as you do), given the next sentence. Someone with strong reading comprehension would understand logic of, but I’ll explain it to you. His statement is saying that Mozilla became a politically biased organization because of influence from those that donated to it.

              Though your strong reading comprehension may have resulted in you having a different interpretation of “lefties-only-no-righty-Irish-need-apply” to mean… well maybe explain what that means to us poor illiterate people that don’t possess your intellectual prowess, LOL.

              Also do you care to comment on your interpretation on the “glowies” remark? What does that word mean to you? What is Brendan Eich saying there? Something you agree with I guess.

            • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
              6·
              4 hours ago

              Okay, but what’s the bad part here? That’s just a very generic overview of how donating works.

              • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                11·
                4 hours ago

                The bad part is four things:

                • the op either deliberately or legitimately did not understand what was being said
                • the vast majority of the comments just read what the op wrote and not what was said
                • having this many comments out of whack with this many upvotes gives ammunition to the bigots
                • this is a tech forum ??
                • LWD@lemm.eeOPEnglish
                  2·
                  3 hours ago

                  the vast majority of the comments just read what the op wrote and not what was said

                  What part of my post isn’t something he said

          • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            24·
            5 hours ago

            The original op took some things out of context, Ford, last I checked, was not a bastion of the left. He names big donors.

            Then he describes how that money trickles down; and the last I checked the not so polite description is more accurate than not.

            I don’t mind people bashing bad guys here; and I’m sure this fellow has spent years raiding your hackles. But some people like me, it’s just embarrassing to read