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No try to keep up, we moved on from the other poster's pedantic distraction about voting vs "active support" back to the original topic which is that Thiel is a
by throwawaylinux 5y ago
No try to keep up, we moved on from the other poster's pedantic distraction about voting vs "active support" back to the original topic which is that Thiel is a libertarian and the fact he supports Republicans is not evidence he isn't one.
- Talanes 5y ago>No try to keep up, we moved on from the other poster's pedantic distraction about voting Other poster? You brought it up the first time and have brought it up in every post since.
- throwawaylinux 5y agoBringing it back on topic yet again: if you agree Thiel is a libertarian and the fact he supports Republicans is not evidence he isn't one then we don't need to say any more here.
- Talanes 5y agoHe supported a dude whose platform was mostly right-leaning populism. If he was just supporting Republicans because they were the closest to Libertarian ideals, why would support the dude driving the party away from Libertarian ideals?
- skinnymuch 5y agoAnd continue supporting the person. I checked Thiel headlines. He’s working with Don Jr now against Liz Cheney for a Trump approved replacement. This is just recent headlines too. Thanks for your insightful comments
- throwawaylinux 5y agoWhy? Presumably because he preferred that to the alternatives, none of which were obviously more libertarian -- pathetic old neoliberal dinosaur warmongers Clinton and Bush!
- skinnymuch 5y agoThis is the main topic I cared about the entire time. Thiel isn’t libertarian except as he says he is one. The other poster has made a good reply. I posted about Thiel being a conservative Republican [now] in another nested thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29747080 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29747080
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