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Re:Shame on Y Combinator by tscs37 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @08:20AM (#12733693)
Or Thiel might think that Hillary is a worse option than Trump?

Maybe. Who knows. You should ask him. Pretending to know why he votes for Trump is just wrong.

You assume what he thinks, his state of mind, etc.

Idunno, maybe you should consider accepting that supporting a person does not equate to being that person nor does it imply that both hold the exact same beliefs.

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Re:Shame on Y Combinator by tscs37 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @09:06AM (#12733956)
Maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong. I don't care enough about US politics to know for sure or assume that you're assertions are correct.

Anyways, the point was not what Trump does, it's almost irrelevant.

Relevant is that one assumed that someone who supported Trump held equal beliefs, which is probably very easy to be shown untrue.

It's a very disgusting and toxic attitude and a very unhealthy world view to hold.

Re:Shame on Y Combinator by Chris2048 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @08:37AM (#12733783)
Yeah! He probably hates gays too!
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Re:Shame on Y Combinator by ccallebs on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @09:30AM (#12734111)
Thiel himself is gay. Surely you don't accuse him of being homophobic?
Re:Shame on Y Combinator by lightbyte on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @02:05PM (#12737090)
Yes, supporting somebody that is homophobic is equivalent to being homophobic himself. There are plenty of self-hating gay men out there, including Thiel.
Re:Shame on Y Combinator by Chris2048 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @09:40AM (#12734181)
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Re:Shame on Y Combinator by ccallebs on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @10:12AM (#12734476)
Yeah, I caught your sarcasm. But the follow-up poster didn't seem to.
Re:Shame on Y Combinator by DasIch on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @10:16PM (#12740483)
The problem is that there are people who genuinely have these opinions. You need to provide additional context, if you want something like this to be read as sarcastic.
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Re:Shame on Y Combinator by Chris2048 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @09:43AM (#12734200)
There's no reason women can't be sexist, unless you'd assume it applies only to men.

AS for gay people who are homophobic wrt their own - Milo? It does make you question what homophobic means though, or if its application is to broad.