I do not consider him a hero by the way. He apologized to his tormentors for his views. That was his first and last mistake.
No wonder Eich was run out of town on a rail. The understated message to conservatives here is concessions to liberals do not buy you their goodwill. They only buy you their contempt.
I would have liked him better had he stood his ground. I don’t work at Mozilla and its no secret about my views. But unlike Brendan Eich - I will never change them.
He apologized for those who were hurt, he did not apologize for his donation. If he had changed his position and groveled with the right code words he would still be CEO and all the liberals would be hunky dory with it.