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sunaookamilast Tuesday at 5:08 PM2 repliesview on HN

A ban that was supported by the majority at the time and the donation was six years old at the time he became CEO. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44461541


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ceejayozlast Tuesday at 5:13 PM

To Godwin a little, sometimes the right thing is not the majority thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Landmesser

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add-sub-mul-divlast Tuesday at 5:40 PM

I wonder if in hindsight he's embarrassed to have been on the wrong side of history. Imagine spending your time and money fighting inevitable social change. Fighting gay marriage is just a time-shifted fight against women voting or interracial marriage.

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