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CEO of Brave rants about "lefties," "glowies," George Soros (lemm.ee)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by LWD@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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

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[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Oh dear, here I go.

Do you have reading skills?

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.com 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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[–] 7toed@midwest.social 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Having fun with the... reverse sealioning?

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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