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I guess it needs to be said a billion times more: Thiel isn't just any Trump supporter, he's a powerful billionaire who has donated millions as a Trump surrogat
by arkitaip 10y ago
I guess it needs to be said a billion times more: Thiel isn't just any Trump supporter, he's a powerful billionaire who has donated millions as a Trump surrogate. Thiel deserves all the criticism he is getting precisely because there a huge asymmetry at play here, one that he is taking advantage of to campaign for a con man, racist, chauvinistic sexual predator.
I fear this is just the beginning of Thiel's radicalization, that we can expect several decades of his alt/far right advocacy and I find the harm he can cause to be very troubling and disheartening.
- Hondor 10y agoIt's wrong to support a popular political party that you don't like? At the end of the day, campaign funding only works because non-thinking American voters just vote for whoever appears on their TV the most often. Thiel isn't buying votes. Voters are just too lazy to make their own decisions.
- grosbisou 10y agoSince when people cannot chose their favorite candidate without being ostracised?
- dlss 10y agoSince demonizing Trump tested as the best way to distract people from Hillary's record?
- manish_gill 10y agoThey're free to choose whoever they like. Others are free to criticize that choice. Especially when that choice is The Donald.
- ebalit 10y agoCriticize != Ostracize It's possible to criticize someone without wanting him to be bared from participating in society.
- jinushaun 10y agoI think the issue that people have with Thiel supporting Trump is that if America needs an anti-establishment president to "shake up the system" that is not Clinton/Romney/Ryan/etc, then it's hard to believe that Trump--with all his flaws--is the best choice. You're telling me there is no one better that Thiel can throw his support and money towards? I find that hard to believe. I guess some people just like to watch the world burn.