If Peter Thiel were an outspoken leftist supporter of Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, he would be hailed as a hero for what he did to Gawker, or at the very

If Peter Thiel were an outspoken leftist supporter of Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, he would be hailed as a hero for what he did to Gawker, or at the very least, it would be forgiven and forgotten. But Thiel has committed the most unpardonable sin of all: Having conservative/libertarian leanings, and not keeping quiet about them.