> It's a little dismaying that the HN community seems to be so universally, 100% supportive of Thiel in this matter. It is so simple. Thiel is right! Pragmatic

> It's a little dismaying that the HN community seems to be so universally, 100% supportive of Thiel in this matter. It is so simple. Thiel is right! Pragmatically. Ethically. Preventing character assassinations of blameless people is the work of somebody stopping a bully in the playground. If the bully whines he's being bullied because he can't bully others I'm sorry, we don't have too much sympathy for the argument. Gawker is not just a tabloid. It is a tabloid motivated by political thinking associated with the social justice fanatics. It has been using its press and money to act as a political actor.