&gt; Both Eich and Mozilla characterize his leaving as voluntary. Now whether that&#x27;s the case is somewhat disputed, but there&#x27;s no evidence to suggest any other conclusion.<p>Voluntary, in the sense that when you get mugged you can choose between your money or your life? For some reason I suspect Eich did not leave the position he had just taken because he wanted to spend more time with his family. And &quot;voluntary&quot; or not, somebody leaving a position in a private industry because of a mob that&#x27;s intolerant of his unrelated political views is nothing to celebrate: in fact, it&#x27;s a symbol of the wild polarization that is destroying this country.<p>&gt; Society has decided that denying people basic rights is what&#x27;s &quot;unacceptable&quot; and chooses to punish those that act in that fashion.<p>&quot;Society&quot; has decided this, has it? When did that happen? Last I heard, there was a lot of arguing going on about that very point.<p>&gt; And it&#x27;s not like there&#x27;s any other explanation for the donation either... the group he donated to was a single purpose lobbying campaign.<p>And as I stated previously, &quot;you can hold any opinion you want as long as you don&#x27;t tell anyone about it&quot; is unacceptable.