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Prop 8, the anti-gay-marriage proposition that Eich donated money to support, passed with 52% of the vote.

Eich never clarified his position (nor did he retract it nor apologize) so we have literally no idea what aspect of this he supported along with 52% of the population of California.

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> Prop 8, the anti-gay-marriage proposition that Eich donated money to support, passed with 52% of the vote.

I'm sure you'll eventually have someone chime in here that the proposition was "misleading" and there were "disinformation campaigns" that resulted in this 52% figure, AKA "doesn't count, we know what the vote 'should have been'." People forget that Obama famously stated "marriage is between a man and a woman" in 2008 (was he lying to appeal to more voters? Possibly, but the fact is he said it). It was a very mainstream opinion at the time.

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I don't think it's fair to call it "extreme". Small minority in some countries, minority in most and about half of the population in some is imo a fair assessment. Even in USA it looks more like 70-30 if I am reading the polls correctly.
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> I don't think it's fair to call it "extreme". Small minority in some countries

What does that matter? I would expect us to not care about a small minority doing something everyone else does. Not to actively legislate against their right to do it. If anything, this makes it more extreme.

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It matters because it was a reply to someone indicating that it was an extreme opinion. The truth shouldn't only matter when it's on your side.

And when you convince somebody with a lie, and they later find out you were lying, you've probably lost them forever. Not smart.

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