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Have you seen Gawker's piece on Thiel? (http://gawker.com/335894/peter-thiel-is-totally-gay-people http://gawker.com/335894/peter-thiel-is-totally-gay-people)

Have you seen Gawker's piece on Thiel? (http://gawker.com/335894/peter-thiel-is-totally-gay-people http://gawker.com/335894/peter-thiel-is-totally-gay-people) Surely broke his privacy, but by no means was it offensive. I get how HOGAN would be mad, but this seems like a whining billionaire without better ideas for his money. (irony much?)

Artistry121 10y ago
Either way he righted a wrong. His outcome was to stop a media service from releasing non-important but damaging information and Gawker's was to exploit private information illegally obtained for profit. It's a better way to spend money than on a boat.
- further_tech 10y ago
  The same could be said about any media company. He did not "righted a wrong". This was a vicious "eye for an eye".
  - jamesrcole 10y ago
    > He did not "righted a wrong". go on...
JustSomeNobody 10y ago
1. What does a person's sexuality have ANYTHING AT ALL to do with VC funding? It blows my mind how much people care about who someone else is screwing!!! That's a private thing. Keep it at home. 2. If Thiel wanted anyone to know, it is his privilege to do so. It doesn't matter that it was not offensive to further_tech. Do you think it MAY have been offensive to Thiel?
- further_tech 10y ago
  1) First Amendment. Have you ever heard about celebrity gossips and VH1? 2) If it was offensive to Thiel, he clearly has an ego problem. Regardless, the article did not ATTACK him or MOCKED his sexuality. Any normal gay person would find other means to deal with this.
  - JustSomeNobody 10y ago
    1) I would LOVE to hear how you believe the 1st answers the questions I posed. 2) So, when someone is outed, if they're offended, they have an ego problem? What planet are you from?
    - further_tech 10y ago
      Honestly, you are either not intelligent or actively trying to distort my answers. 1) The 1st simply gives you freedom of speech. It doesn't matter if it is a gossip about someone. 2) I clearly was referring to the article exposing Thiel as gay ( his motivation for this). Because it clearly did not openly humiliated him, his overstated battle clearly shows an inflated ego. Honestly, your answer and all the others sadly shows how rationality is just an "extra factor" when a "tech guru" is criticized. I expected more from this community.
      - dang 10y ago
        > you are either not intelligent or actively trying to distort We've banned this account for repeatedly violating the HN guidelines.
        further_tech 10y ago
        Well, I simply pointed out hypotheses. In any case, I don't care. This community is filled with mediocrity, idiocy and shallow-mindedness. An abstraction for the vicious culture that poisons and destroys the world with useless innovation. Congrats! This wouldn't be possible without YC.
opo 10y ago
Violating someone's privacy is always offensive. Is that really in question? While lots of people say they put little value on protecting privacy, I have never seen them post their medical records or tax returns. In practical terms for Thiel, there are likely large investors in the world (like say in the middle east) who might not be willing to invest in a VC who is gay, etc.
st3v3r 10y ago
You're not the one that gets to decide if that was offensive. If he was not comfortable enough to be out at the time that was written, then yes, that could be completely offensive to him.
- further_tech 10y ago
  I'm not deciding for him. I'm being commonsensical by saying his "punishment" was not justifiable because of this article. For 99.9% of human beings, such article would never make someone spend enough money to put this newspaper out of business.
  - chillacy 10y ago
    > For 99.9% of human beings, such article would never make someone spend enough money to put this newspaper out of business. > I'm not deciding for him You kind of are... by pointing out what you think is expected behavior and judging his against that benchmark.
  - st3v3r 10y ago
    Sounds like you are deciding for him. And 99.9% of human beings wouldn't have that kind of money to spend in the first place. Now, if you were to adjust the amount of money as a % of wealth down to the average income, would they spend that much, if that's all it took?

Artistry121 10y ago

Either way he righted a wrong. His outcome was to stop a media service from releasing non-important but damaging information and Gawker's was to exploit private information illegally obtained for profit. It's a better way to spend money than on a boat.

further_tech 10y ago
The same could be said about any media company. He did not "righted a wrong". This was a vicious "eye for an eye".
- jamesrcole 10y ago
  > He did not "righted a wrong". go on...

JustSomeNobody 10y ago

1. What does a person's sexuality have ANYTHING AT ALL to do with VC funding? It blows my mind how much people care about who someone else is screwing!!! That's a private thing. Keep it at home. 2. If Thiel wanted anyone to know, it is his privilege to do so. It doesn't matter that it was not offensive to further_tech. Do you think it MAY have been offensive to Thiel?

further_tech 10y ago
1) First Amendment. Have you ever heard about celebrity gossips and VH1? 2) If it was offensive to Thiel, he clearly has an ego problem. Regardless, the article did not ATTACK him or MOCKED his sexuality. Any normal gay person would find other means to deal with this.
- JustSomeNobody 10y ago
  1) I would LOVE to hear how you believe the 1st answers the questions I posed. 2) So, when someone is outed, if they're offended, they have an ego problem? What planet are you from?
  - further_tech 10y ago
    Honestly, you are either not intelligent or actively trying to distort my answers. 1) The 1st simply gives you freedom of speech. It doesn't matter if it is a gossip about someone. 2) I clearly was referring to the article exposing Thiel as gay ( his motivation for this). Because it clearly did not openly humiliated him, his overstated battle clearly shows an inflated ego. Honestly, your answer and all the others sadly shows how rationality is just an "extra factor" when a "tech guru" is criticized. I expected more from this community.
    - dang 10y ago
      > you are either not intelligent or actively trying to distort We've banned this account for repeatedly violating the HN guidelines.
      - further_tech 10y ago
        Well, I simply pointed out hypotheses. In any case, I don't care. This community is filled with mediocrity, idiocy and shallow-mindedness. An abstraction for the vicious culture that poisons and destroys the world with useless innovation. Congrats! This wouldn't be possible without YC.

opo 10y ago

Violating someone's privacy is always offensive. Is that really in question? While lots of people say they put little value on protecting privacy, I have never seen them post their medical records or tax returns. In practical terms for Thiel, there are likely large investors in the world (like say in the middle east) who might not be willing to invest in a VC who is gay, etc.

st3v3r 10y ago

You're not the one that gets to decide if that was offensive. If he was not comfortable enough to be out at the time that was written, then yes, that could be completely offensive to him.

further_tech 10y ago
I'm not deciding for him. I'm being commonsensical by saying his "punishment" was not justifiable because of this article. For 99.9% of human beings, such article would never make someone spend enough money to put this newspaper out of business.
- chillacy 10y ago
  > For 99.9% of human beings, such article would never make someone spend enough money to put this newspaper out of business. > I'm not deciding for him You kind of are... by pointing out what you think is expected behavior and judging his against that benchmark.
- st3v3r 10y ago
  Sounds like you are deciding for him. And 99.9% of human beings wouldn't have that kind of money to spend in the first place. Now, if you were to adjust the amount of money as a % of wealth down to the average income, would they spend that much, if that's all it took?