Peter Thiel, YC, and hard decisions

Re:Peter Thiel, YC, and hard decisions by jowiar on Monday October 17, 2016 @03:16PM (#12728347)

That wasn't the argument I was making. What I was saying is that a policy of "We will allow people to express their political views free of judgement and consequence" only really works when "political views" is taken to mean "things we're saying about people who aren't in the room".

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Re:Peter Thiel, YC, and hard decisions by bcheung on Monday October 17, 2016 @03:48PM (#12728903)

I'm not sure I follow. Any political view usually affects all people in any room.

Are you referring to Trump's bigotry? Sure, I'll admit, he is definitely a character in that regard. But again there's realistically only 2 choices. Thiel is going to take whichever one is closest. It's not ideal but that's the choice Libertarians are often forced to make.

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Re:Peter Thiel, YC, and hard decisions by jowiar on Monday October 17, 2016 @03:54PM (#12728978)

Get a bunch of men in a room, and discuss abortion.

Get a bunch of straight folks in a room and discuss AIDS research funding.

Get a bunch of white folks in a room and discuss police treatment of African-Americans.

Get a bunch of 5th-generation Americans in a room and discuss funding for ESL programs in schools.

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Re:Peter Thiel, YC, and hard decisions by splintercell on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @11:24AM (#12735360)

Welcome to Democracy

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