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From Wikipedia: | Rabois came to Thiel's attention after he was found outside an instructor's home, shouting homophobic slurs and the suggestion that the instr
by olleromam91 9y ago
From Wikipedia:
| Rabois came to Thiel's attention after he was found outside an instructor's home, shouting homophobic slurs and the suggestion that the instructor "die of AIDS."
I must be doing this all wrong.
- hkmurakami 9y agoSo strange since Thiel is gay and Rabois is rumoured to be the same as well...
- MrBuddyCasino 9y agoYeah weird, since the natural habitat of such men is Vatican City. You'd think they would have joined by now.
- majani 9y agoProjection is often the source of hate.
- hkmurakami 9y agoThanks for this simple but eloquent comment. You've reminded me of this truth.
- Daishiman 9y agoMoney is a great thing to help you put aside your differences...
- ForrestN 9y agoThiel persecuted the publication (Gawker) that outed him to an incredibly disproportionate degree, hatching an elaborate scheme to destroy them. As a gay person who absolutely loves being gay, it is my opinion that Thiel is... not exactly unconflicted about his identity. I don't know anything about Rabois.
- azernik 9y agoRabois's aforementioned sexual harassment case involved a relationship with another man at Square. And yet see homophobic comments above from Stanford days.
- s73ver 9y agoAt the same time, not every gay person wants to be publically out. I'm perfectly fine with any publication that forces that upon someone dying in a fire.
- ForrestN 9y agoI'm not prepared to disagree with you, but it's at least a complex question, right? Maybe there is a real social benefit to rich, powerful people being "out." Maybe there is something bad about who you are attracted to being a secret that you have the right to keep hidden if you want? Not all queer people are even capable of hiding it, right, so maybe Thiel being "in" is a sort of privilege that isn't fair in the first place? I don't like the idea of forcing someone "out" but his status as a powerful public figure complicates all this in my mind.
- s73ver 9y agoNo. It doesn't matter how "rich" or "powerful" you are, that does NOT give anyone else the right to decide if you're out or not. Thiel being who he is doesn't complicate things in the slightest.
- ForrestN 9y agoSo even if, say, Thiel being out saved four teenagers from committing suicide, that has no bearing on his right to hide himself? Do you disagree generally with US law that public figures do not have the same rights to privacy as other people?
- s73ver 9y agoI reject your premise entirely. And I reject any notion of the idea that anyone else, aside from the person in question, gets to make the decision on whether they're out or not. That is my final say in the matter.
- chickenfries 9y agoEDIT: From Rabois' letter to the Stanford Daily regarding the incident: > I don't necessarily hate homosexuals, but do believe in Jack Kemp's suggestion that they may not be the best teachers of young children in public schools and recognize that the spread of AIDS has a direct casual link back to their activity. I hate Democrats, not homosexuals; they're the ones that have hurt the country. Well-sourced article on this: http://gawker.com/the-free-speech-peter-thiel-will-defend-faggot-faggo-1779486823 http://gawker.com/the-free-speech-peter-thiel-will-defend-fa... Also, I just learned, Rabois left square over allegations of sexual harassment. https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/25/rabois-left-square-over-sexual-harassment-claim/ https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/25/rabois-left-square-over-se... Wonder why the so-called PC-police haven't taken his job yet... </s>