Yes, but finding tactics reprehensible won't change the tactics of powerful people and organisations. One can consistently dislike how the justice system is co

Yes, but finding tactics reprehensible won't change the tactics of powerful people and organisations. One can consistently dislike how the justice system is controlled by money, but one can't consistently take sides between Gawker and Thiel. They are both acting within the limits of the same system - it just so happens that Thiel is the bigger fish. If the justice system wasn't run with money, then Gawker wouldn't have been able to threaten people with less resources than them, and Thiel would not have been able to threaten Gawker.