Peter Thiel going to speak tonight thinks giving women the right to vote ruined America

[MattP]

[bluedye33139]

1. He's the only person in that building with a degree

They probably deferred to him as the "most educated'ed" person there.

[senseandsensibility]

2. Thanks for the response below.

I somehow don't think he'd want to give up his rights that the repugs are so against. But he could care less if anyone else gets theirs?

[NCTraveler]

7. TPM is saying he will make a public statement about it tonight. Nt

WP

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics-live/liveblog/republican-national-convention-updates/?tid=ss_tw#b411a3a9-2e96-4b11-909f-7fbbea3c0838

[MiniMe]

3. Who the heck is Peter Thiel??

[MattP]

6. Co founder of paypal

[sarae]

8. He's a billionaire who bankrupted the gossip website Gawker...

and he's a huge dickhead.

http://gawker.com/this-is-why-billionaire-peter-thiel-wants-to-end-gawker-1778734026

[bluedye33139]

9. I dislike Thiel, but attacking gay men for their sexuality?

Gawker's staff targeted gay men that Nick Denton doesn't like, and their outing campaigns tend to be very vile and very hateful. The attacks on Geithner, for instance -- Thiel is a terrible person, but the Gawker Media attacks on his sexuality were and are odd. Let's not look upon Gawker as some kind of positive force or innocent party here.

[sarae]

10. I didn't say Gawker was innocent.

But I don't think a billionaire should be able to do what he did. What if it wasn't Gawker that he targeted?

[bluedye33139]

11. What if it was some other sleazy gossip site with a hundred vulnerabilities?

If he had gone after another sleazy gossip site with a hundred potential lawsuits floating in the air around it, I would potentially have had more respect for that other sleazy gossip site, absent a history of attacking gay men for being gay.

[sarae]

12. Where did I say it had to be a gossip website?

[bluedye33139]

14. Yup, ya din't

I apologize for not remaining entirely within the lines of your discourse.

[sarae]

17. No problem, sorry I came off snotty.

I've been watching the RNC coverage too long...

[sarae]

13. BTW, I agree with you that what Gawker did was shitty.

I'm just pointing out that it worries me that a billionaire with a personal vendetta can get away with bankrupting whoever he wants.

I meant no offense, sorry.

[bluedye33139]

15. I also am concerned about billionaires getting away with bankrupting people

but am *way* less concerned about a news site being assessed awards during a jury trial following the law of the land. Thiel is repulsive, but Gawker opened itself up to litigation by its own conduct, no?

[kcr]

16. Actually, no.

First of all, the notion that people open themselves up to whatever retaliatory measures others feel they should be able to take is wrong. The ideal of "fair game" is used by some very evil entities to justify very bad behavior. And Peter Thiel is not doing this for the GLBT community. Second of all, I am concerned when billionaires fund lawsuits for third parties to further their own agenda, particularly parties who didn't sue others for the same transgression as is the case that is bankrupting Gawker. It should be illegal. You might not like Gawker, but check out what happens when it's used against decent people. Really, you should reconsider supporting such tactics. http://www.motherjones.com/media/2015/10/mother-jones-vandersloot-melaleuca-lawsuit

[bluedye33139]

19. Support? There was no crime

Mmmkay. Thiel was targeted by Gawker in an outing campaign, and they kept up 4 years mocking his homosexuality. This is literally true.

He then paid the legal fees for someone who wanted to sue Gawker.

A trial then resulted in a large settlement.

Are you proposing a law requiring all lawsuits to be paid for only by the person filing the suit? This is your beliefs? This is your goal? This is insane!

Thiel is a fool and a freak, but he literally did nothing wrong. Unless you want to create this new rule in law, that all lawsuits must be funded by the person filing them.

[sarae]

18. I agree...I hate what they did, too.

But I still feel Thiel's in the wrong, too.

[riversedge]

4. Hillary:This week in 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention declared that women deserve equal rights.

Hillary Clinton ?@HillaryClinton 3h3 hours ago

This week in 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention declared that women deserve equal rights.

Short gif video at link


https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/755858863300026368

[MattP]

5. He pays kids to drop out of college