> If your side is encouraging violence I haven't picked a side on this thread and I haven't encouraged violence. I pointed out that empathy isn't always the so

> If your side is encouraging violence I haven't picked a side on this thread and I haven't encouraged violence. I pointed out that empathy isn't always the solution. I wonder if your comment also applies to American conflicts in the Middle-East. I do empathize with Graham/Atman's position and many of the commenters here. 1) We all agree firing an employee over politics is wrong. 2) Graham/Altman say Thiel is basically an employee and ending the part-time partnership is basically firing him. We should take their word. 3) If Trump is as bad as Graham/Altman describe, Thiel actually isn't an employee, and smart/rich guys with great lawyers couldn't figure out how to distance themselves, it will look bad. But "if" arguments are weak. There is disagreement over how bad Trump is, I think time will tell. In the meantime, from a PR standpoint, I think Y Combinator didn't handle this well. Keeping Thiel on board didn't cause this outrage, Atman's explanation and Graham's Twitter arguments did. Empathy and fighting weren't my only options, ignore is a choice. I wonder if Atman/Graham had stayed silent for three more weeks until the election is over, would this have blown over. I also wonder how hard they fought to keep Project Include as a partner.