> However, I believe in what Voltaire once smartly said "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". For what it's

> However, I believe in what Voltaire once smartly said "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". For what it's worth, Voltaire never said that. It was a description, written by Tallentyre, of Voltaire's attitude towards De l’esprit after the book became a resouding success and everyone who hated Helvétius for writing it suddenly wanted to be his friend once he was a popular success. > but I defend his right to express himself. Sure, and he's expressing himself by giving millions of dollars to a man who, by his own account, thinks the president can and should behave as a fascist dictator. Altman deserves attention for that reason: does Peter Thiel truly reflect the will and opinions of Trump supporters? That seems implausible at best. More likely Thiel is their opposite in many ways, but he sees an opportunity that he can get by aligning with Trump. In other words, I don't believe that Thiel speaks on behalf of Trump supporters, or that his input really helps to target them at all, but rather his recent history has shown he is more likely behaving in his own selfish self-interest.