How can you distance yourself from Thiel if he has shown no interest in being connected to you? It's never going to be this easy to delegitimise someone when t

How can you distance yourself from Thiel if he has shown no interest in being connected to you? It's never going to be this easy to delegitimise someone when they are widely known as being more credible than yourself. If YC was to pull out it would be a loss for their startups. It should be the founder's choice whether they wish to deprive themselves of Thiel's money or insight to make a political point.