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Was that necessary?
by kobeya 10y ago
Was that necessary?
- noir_lord 10y agoNecessary perhaps not but bitingly sharp, on-topic and worthy of a smile yes. Also with the canonisation of Mr Thiel around this place it's handy to put his statements in a proper context. If you think as I do there isn't much to admire about him TBH.
- mythrwy 10y agoWhy do people think Mr. Thiel supports a Muslim registry? Has he ever indicated that? Because he backed a candidate who sometimes says dumb things in order to get votes from certain groups doesn't mean he himself supports the full rhetoric. Parties are coalitions. Not everyone who is a Democrat can be accused of supporting every dumb statement or bad position from Clinton or Pelosi.
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- noir_lord 10y agoI never made the claim that he did, you need to ask up thread.
- kobeya 10y agoThere was more evidence from your comment that you did indeed claim such a thing, than there is evidence for Mr. Theil supporting a Muslem ban. Which is the problem with the original post that unnecessarily politicized an inherently non political article, eliminating value of any surrounding discussion. It was not witty, not sharp, and contributed nothing while taking a great deal away.
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- dang 10y ago> Also with the canonisation of Mr Thiel around this place That is a highly inaccurate description of "this place". Please don't make up generalizations about HN to score rhetorical points. That's reliably a marker of a bad comment.
- kristianc 10y agoYes. The minute that SV becomes a growth-obsessed low value creation social-responsibility ignoring echo bubble where opinions are valued on the net worth of the person holding them, we're all screwed.