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If I recall correctly, they publicly outed Thiel as a gay man, so I assumed that put them on his radar and he saw the Hogan incident as the opportunity to go al
by boredumb 4y ago
If I recall correctly, they publicly outed Thiel as a gay man, so I assumed that put them on his radar and he saw the Hogan incident as the opportunity to go all in on them.
- a2tech 4y agoHe posted pictures of himself cavorting with naked young men on a public website. Is sharing those publicly outing him?
- cagenut 4y agoyou recall incorrectly, but its a very easy mistake to make as every thread on the topic will be riddled with that false talking point. the gay editor of gawker published the gay writer from valleywag's essay about how peter thiel was ALREADY 'out' and that everyone in silicon valley acting like it was a shameful secret that could not be mentioned was in-effect trying to put a gay man who was not in the closet back in it because of their discomfort with the topic. like everything else on the internet once the facts got rung through the social media process the conventional wisdom became the perfect inverse of the actual truth. its worth noting that thiel himself has never claimed that his 'outing' (which did not happen) was his motivation. he has however on many occasions explained his reasoning and justification as essentially viewing journalists/journalism/critical-reporting as haters that hold us all back and should be forcibly shut up. note that i'm using the word 'haters' but he actually used the word 'terrorists'.