You Better Have the Right Opinions

The new CEO of Mozilla was fired for having a political opinion.

We are now a country who goes after people's jobs when we disagree with one another.

I suppose we've tossed the old liberal saying "I don't agree with a word you said, but I'd fight to the death for your right to say it" and replaced it with "I don't agree with one of your opinions and therefore I'm going after your job."

And Will Saleton puts the shoe on the other foot.

Dissension. Building the team. Don’t fit. Sounds a lot like the case for removing Eich.

Two months ago Wayne Shimer of Des Moines, Iowa, sued his former employer after he was fired from his job at a convenience store. According to Shimer’s lawsuit, the store manager found out Shimer was gay and told him not to act "feminine" because it would “make customers and co-workers uncomfortable.” Shimer’s attorney says the manager made clear that “she didn't want his 'feminine behavior' to scare off the customers, and she was concerned that it may have some impact on some of the employees.”

Scare off customers. Make co-workers uncomfortable. Does that ring a bell?

Instapundit gets it right on American liberals:

I think, rather, that their view of liberalism is like Erdogan’s view of democracy — it’s a bus that you take until you get to your stop, at which point you get off.