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[bud9752]

 

[JerryBoBerry]

Remember a little while ago when OKCupid.com had a message on their homepage asking everyone to boycott Firefox because of its CEO's anti gay stance? I guess by their own words it's now time for everyone to boycott OKCupid as well.

Oh, the hypocrisy.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/04 ... ay-firefox

OkCupid's CEO Donated to an Anti-Gay Campaign Once, Too

Last week, the online dating site OkCupid switched up its homepage for Mozilla Firefox users. Upon opening the site, a message appeared encouraging members to curb their use of Firefox because the company's new CEO, Brendan Eich, allegedly opposes equality for gay couples—specifically, he donated $1000 to the campaign for the anti-gay Proposition 8 in 2008. "We've devoted the last ten years to bringing people—all people—together," the message read. "If individuals like Mr. Eich had their way, then roughly 8% of the relationships we've worked so hard to bring about would be illegal." The company's action went viral, and within a few days, Eich had resigned as CEO of Mozilla only weeks after taking up the post. On Thursday, OkCupid released a statement saying "We are pleased that OkCupid's boycott has brought tremendous awareness to the critical matter of equal rights for all individuals and partnerships."

But there's a hitch: OkCupid's co-founder and CEO Sam Yagan once donated to an anti-gay candidate. (Yagan is also CEO of Match.com.) Specifically, Yagan donated $500 to Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah) in 2004, reports Uncrunched. During his time as congressman from 1997 to 2009, Cannon voted for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, against a ban on sexual-orientation based job discrimination, and for prohibition of gay adoptions.

He's also voted for numerous anti-choice measures, earning a 0 percent rating from NARAL Pro Choice America. Among other measures, Cannon voted for laws prohibiting government from denying funds to medical facilities that withhold abortion information, stopping minors from crossing state lines to obtain an abortion, and banning family planning funding in US aid abroad. Cannon also earned a 7 percent rating from the ACLU for his poor civil rights voting record: He voted to amend FISA to allow warrant-less electronic surveillance, to allow NSA intelligence gathering without civil oversight, and to reauthorize the PATRIOT act.

Of course, it's been a decade since Yagan's donation to Cannon, and a decade or more since many of Cannon's votes on gay rights. It's possible that Cannon's opinions have shifted, or maybe his votes were more politics than ideology; a tactic by the Mormon Rep. to satisfy his Utah constituency. It's also quite possible that Yagan's politics have changed since 2004: He donated to Barack Obama's campaign in 2007 and 2008. Perhaps even Firefox's Eich has rethought LGBT equality since his 2008 donation. But OkCupid didn't include any such nuance in its take-down of Firefox. Combine that with the fact that the company helped force out one tech CEO for something its own CEO also did, and its action last week starts to look more like a PR stunt than an impassioned act of protest. (Mother Jones reached out to OkCupid for comment: We'll update this post if we receive a response.)

 

[Kokoro]

Remember a little while ago when OKCupid.com had a message on their homepage asking everyone to boycott Firefox because of its CEO's anti gay stance? I guess by their own words it's now time for everyone to boycott OKCupid as well.

Oh, the hypocrisy.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/04 ... ay-firefox

OkCupid's CEO Donated to an Anti-Gay Campaign Once, Too

Last week, the online dating site OkCupid switched up its homepage for Mozilla Firefox users. Upon opening the site, a message appeared encouraging members to curb their use of Firefox because the company's new CEO, Brendan Eich, allegedly opposes equality for gay couples—specifically, he donated $1000 to the campaign for the anti-gay Proposition 8 in 2008. "We've devoted the last ten years to bringing people—all people—together," the message read. "If individuals like Mr. Eich had their way, then roughly 8% of the relationships we've worked so hard to bring about would be illegal." The company's action went viral, and within a few days, Eich had resigned as CEO of Mozilla only weeks after taking up the post. On Thursday, OkCupid released a statement saying "We are pleased that OkCupid's boycott has brought tremendous awareness to the critical matter of equal rights for all individuals and partnerships."

But there's a hitch: OkCupid's co-founder and CEO Sam Yagan once donated to an anti-gay candidate. (Yagan is also CEO of Match.com.) Specifically, Yagan donated $500 to Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah) in 2004, reports Uncrunched. During his time as congressman from 1997 to 2009, Cannon voted for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, against a ban on sexual-orientation based job discrimination, and for prohibition of gay adoptions.

He's also voted for numerous anti-choice measures, earning a 0 percent rating from NARAL Pro Choice America. Among other measures, Cannon voted for laws prohibiting government from denying funds to medical facilities that withhold abortion information, stopping minors from crossing state lines to obtain an abortion, and banning family planning funding in US aid abroad. Cannon also earned a 7 percent rating from the ACLU for his poor civil rights voting record: He voted to amend FISA to allow warrant-less electronic surveillance, to allow NSA intelligence gathering without civil oversight, and to reauthorize the PATRIOT act.

Of course, it's been a decade since Yagan's donation to Cannon, and a decade or more since many of Cannon's votes on gay rights. It's possible that Cannon's opinions have shifted, or maybe his votes were more politics than ideology; a tactic by the Mormon Rep. to satisfy his Utah constituency. It's also quite possible that Yagan's politics have changed since 2004: He donated to Barack Obama's campaign in 2007 and 2008. Perhaps even Firefox's Eich has rethought LGBT equality since his 2008 donation. But OkCupid didn't include any such nuance in its take-down of Firefox. Combine that with the fact that the company helped force out one tech CEO for something its own CEO also did, and its action last week starts to look more like a PR stunt than an impassioned act of protest. (Mother Jones reached out to OkCupid for comment: We'll update this post if we receive a response.)

Update April 8, 2014, 12:30 p.m. PDT: OkCupid CEO Sam Yagan provided a statement to the SF Chronicle this morning clarifying the intentions behind his donation to Cannon and his stance on gay rights. Here it is in full:

A decade ago, I made a contribution to Representative Chris Cannon because he was the ranking Republican on the House subcommittee that oversaw the Internet and Intellectual Property, matters important to my business and our industry. I accept responsibility for not knowing where he stood on gay rights in particular; I unequivocally support marriage equality and I would not make that contribution again today. However, a contribution made to a candidate with views on hundreds of issues has no equivalence to a contribution supporting Prop. 8, a single issue that has no purpose other than to affirmatively prohibit gay marriage, which I believe is a basic civil right.

Hmmm. Well, I guess that settles that.

 

[bud9752]

 

[ThunderWeasel]

Amen to THAT! :thumbleft:

 

[Rose]

I think I'll walk around smiling like that today. See if I can fuck with some people while I'm at it. :lol:

 

[Sevrin]

I think I'll walk around smiling like that today. See if I can fuck with some people while I'm at it. :lol:

Works best if you have a net worth of $400,000,000.

 

[EdgarAllenWhoa]

Sometimes Me Think,
"What is friend?." and then me say,
"Friend is someone to share last cookie with."


My 5 year old niece turned around walked over and without saying a word handed me half of her animal cracker.



Don't ya just love that Cookie Monster

 

[bud9752]

 

[camstory]

Going through my MFC friends list to cull out those abandon and missing in action, accounts and Models, there are those that despite being gone 8 months or a year, that i can not bare to remove. I guess there will always be some like Evvie, & LeenaLiberty that i wont remove - not so much b/c i think they will be back, but b/c by removing them i would be biding them farewell, and i am not ready to do that yet.

 

[ThunderWeasel]

It's so much fun to have JUST the thing to post in the Daily Thoughts thread... only to forget it JUST as you hit the Reply button.

 

[zippypinhead]

Pickled jalapenos are delicious.

 

[Sevrin]

Pickled jalapenos are delicious.

I read that as "Pickled japanese" and found myself wondering why the "j" wasn't capitalized.

 

[bud9752]

 

[ThunderWeasel]

NOT THE RED ONE!!!!!!

 

[bud9752]

 

[Brad]

We had a hell of a morning thunder storm. Of course I just washed and waxed our minivan yesterday.
:roll:

It rained and hailed like mad here. And now our back yard is a swamp!
:shock:

 

[ThunderWeasel]

ACF, I just bought season 1 of Archer, AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!!

 

[bud9752]

 

[bud9752]

For everyone who has procrastinated until today, unfortunately the Time has Come

IT"S TAX DAY

say good by to your money

 

[God]

there is a guy on MFC with the "model username" MyFreeTube

 

[bud9752]

 

[camstory]

There is no greater motivation to buy a new bigger monitor than, "JJ full screen!"

Happy Birthday JJ!​

 

[Brad]

My aunt (who I call Mom as we are very close) came over to visit us today. We took our dogs for a walk around our "block" (rather rural with wooded areas and a river) and we saw 2 huge bald eagles sitting in a tree behind our house. It was awe inspiring to say the least. Mom has 4 birds so it was extra special for her to be with us when we saw them. Coolest thing I've seen in awhile.

 

[IsabellaSnow]

Yesterday I was shopping with my friend and her 4 year old son. At one point we went into Ann Summers as she wanted to find a bra (for those who don't know Ann Summers is a lingerie store which has a sex toy shop at the back). She was at the front talking to the shop assistant and I wondered into the back and started looking at the dildos. Her son followed me and there was a very funny moment where he saw one of the dildos, picked it up and goes "What's this?". The store assistants face was a picture!

My friend doesn't mind him seeing that sort of thing, and he's 4 so it's not like he has a clue what any of it is, but it was one of those moments.

 

[bud9752]

I want one of these


and this is for Amber because she works so hard to entertain us. relax and take some time for you.

 

[Shaun__]

I want one of these

Here you go. Link

 

[bud9752]

 

[Brad]

My aunt (who I call Mom as we are very close) came over to visit us today. We took our dogs for a walk around our "block" (rather rural with wooded areas and a river) and we saw 2 huge bald eagles sitting in a tree behind our house. It was awe inspiring to say the least. Mom has 4 birds so it was extra special for her to be with us when we saw them. Coolest thing I've seen in awhile.

I wish this was a better photo but it was taken by Mom with her iPhone. Here are the 2 eagles we saw in the tree.

 

[Misono]

Going through my MFC friends list to cull out those abandon and missing in action, accounts and Models, there are those that despite being gone 8 months or a year, that i can not bare to remove. I guess there will always be some like Evvie, & LeenaLiberty that i wont remove - not so much b/c i think they will be back, but b/c by removing them i would be biding them farewell, and i am not ready to do that yet.

Know that feeling, did it myself!

4am, and I just woke up. Took a 7.5mg Zopiclone sleeping tablet described by my doctor at 10pm.

Side effects of these sleeping tablets? Nightmares. Horrid one woke me up, and couldn't get back to sleep.