> ~everyone~ here and elsewhere called for him to step down.
Many, many people did not. Many people said that it was unfair, and a witch hunt. Many people, myself included, also did not speak up.
Theil may have good reasons to donate to Trump. It's really none of our business. A society who is continually drawing lines in the sand is no society at all, and Ellen Pao is the last person anyone should be giving any attention to on the topic.
I wasn't really part of that debate, but I seem to recall that ~everyone~ here and elsewhere called for him to step down.
Then again, cultural differences and nuances especially around potentially offending stances might make this seem more similar a case than people from the US would agree upon - I'm arguing from afar and in a language that is still hard to get right at times.