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Re:Peter Thiel, YC, and hard decisions by tristanho on Monday October 17, 2016 @01:58PM (#12727440)
There is very much a difference between "uninviting companies" based on their support of a bill and firing a partner for his personal political viewpoints.

These aren't apples to apples comparisons; this issue isn't that simple.

Re:Peter Thiel, YC, and hard decisions by ivraatiems on Monday October 17, 2016 @01:59PM (#12727450)
YC companies aren't exactly multi-thousand-employee affairs. When you disinvite a YC company, you're really making a value judgment about its founders.
Re:Peter Thiel, YC, and hard decisions by tristanho on Monday October 17, 2016 @02:05PM (#12727530)
In this context, the companies actually were "mult-thousand-employee affairs", it was a judgement about which large companies were allowed to send investors to Demo Day.

From the article, these are companies like Comcast and Godaddy. It wasn't about actual YC companies.

Re:Peter Thiel, YC, and hard decisions by ivraatiems on Monday October 17, 2016 @02:06PM (#12727543)
Okay. I agree, that's different. My mistake.
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Re:Peter Thiel, YC, and hard decisions by rmc on Monday October 17, 2016 @02:58PM (#12728125)
> Yes, consider the outrage if conservative would fire someone on political viewpoints.

What do you think all those "Religious Freedom" bills are? Fire the (out) gays.

Re:Peter Thiel, YC, and hard decisions by gohrt on Monday October 17, 2016 @04:19PM (#12729275)
The difference is that conservatives are wrong and liberals are right, so YC is doing the right thing.
Re:Peter Thiel, YC, and hard decisions by grb423 on Monday October 17, 2016 @04:31PM (#12729419)
Thank you thank you thank you. This is an exhausting post but your comment makes it so easy to understand!