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So, why does anyone pay attention to the truly awful human being known as Peter Thiel? Between his plots to destroy the infrastructure that allowed PayPal and Y
by trome 10y ago
So, why does anyone pay attention to the truly awful human being known as Peter Thiel? Between his plots to destroy the infrastructure that allowed PayPal and Y Combinator to be built, and his active attempts to rip away rights from other LGBT people, of which he is one, it seems like a poor idea to pay this person any mind.
- the-dude 10y agoWhat is wrong with destroying PayPal ?
- trome 10y agoPayPal will almost assuredly escape unscathed, Peter Thiel pulling up the ladder after him so others cannot be successful was what I was getting at there.
- stagbeetle 10y agoI'm interested to read about this, can you point me in the right direction?
- wslh 10y ago> why does anyone pay attention to ... Because he has a lot of power to influence the decision makers in one of the most powerful countries in the world?
- reese_john 10y agoWhat are some of his active attempts to rip away LGBT rights?
- Dagwoodie 10y agoHe voted for a <whisper>Republican</whisper>.
- ygaf 10y agoThanks for the translation.
- krath94 10y agoIt's sad that people generalize about people that vote Republican. Most republicans (or people that vote republican) I have met, including myself, have been supportive of the LGBT community. Not ALL Republicans are against LGBT, just like not all liberals want free government handouts. These generalizations about the "other side" are counter-productive. Also, I'm not saying you came across as generalizing, I know you were making a joke, but a lot of people actually do think this way.
- foldr 10y agoAll of the Republican nominees this time around were opposed to gay marriage. So it doesn't seem to be that unfair to generalize to the conclusion that Republicans aren't very concerned about LGBT rights. They're certainly willing to vote for candidates who don't support LGBT rights.
- vinhboy 10y agoIt always seem odd to me that on a site where people are expert at algorithms and problem solving, lots of people here cannot deduce this very simple "therefore" scenario. Or maybe people just really hate duck typing :)
- ZeroGravitas 10y agoThey also added anti-LBGT elements to the GOP platform. There are of course gay Republicans, and they argued against this, both on the grounds that it's immoral and discriminatory, but also that it wasn't in the Republican party's long term interest as younger members are far less anti-LGBT but they couldn't convince anyone.
- k-mcgrady 10y agoI think the problem is that if you vote Republican because you are fiscally conservative you're making a decision that fiscal conservatism is more important to you than other citizens human/civil rights.
- burkaman 10y agoHe spoke at the Republican National Convention when the platform called for conversion therapy and outlawing gay marriage (and did not address the issue at all), and he has donated to a wide range of Republican candidates, most of whom are much more vocally against LGBT rights than Trump is. I'm not sure these qualify as "active attempts to rip away LGBT rights", but at the very least it seems to be one of his lowest priorities.
- fauigerzigerk 10y agoI have long stopped paying attention to what he says, not because he is an awful human being, but simply because his addiction to being contrarian seems to Trump all other considerations to a degree that makes his positions utterly predictable, boring and uninsightful.
- officelineback 10y agoDidn't he fund Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker which essentially put that horrible rag out of business?
- krath94 10y agoIs he awful because you don't agree with him? Or because he actually did something awful? I have a feeling it's the first one.
- rudolf0 10y agoTrump is a lot of things, but he isn't really anti-LGBT.
- sallyfour 10y agoHonestly he was the most progressive candidate in the Republican field.
- threatofrain 10y agoIn my view, rich people have the prerogative to adopt political views which appear contrary to their own interests; but in fact, they can easily achieve those interests elsewhere regardless of political environment. You can adopt any view on abortion you want if you and the people you know can easily fly to another country to get excellent medical service. What do you care if gun laws are loosened or tightened? You have armed bodyguards, and the kind of gun crime people decry isn't the kind that reaches rich areas.
- Anderkent 10y agoBecause all rich people are completely selfish, and care nothing for others. /s
- threatofrain 10y agoI'm not talking about propensities of selfishness. I'm talking about the prerogative of power. Selflessness doesn't change that. Whether or not you are selfish does not hobble your prerogative to purchase citizenship and property in New Zealand.