&gt; So now that we&#x27;ve gotten that out of our system, we can realize that there&#x27;s a difference between being criticized and losing one&#x27;s job because of one&#x27;s political opinions<p>As I see it, Eich didn&#x27;t lose his job because of his political opinions, he lost (or decided to leave) his job because of his inability to perform basic duties of the job -- a CEO, after all, must ultimately be responsible for managing a company, including its public image and relations with its employees, customers, etc.<p>And, honestly, I think that even with the past donation, the situation <i>was</i> manageable, and that anyone who was up to the task of being CEO of an organization like Mozilla <i>could</i> have managed it.