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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by ubernostrum on Thursday November 10, 2016 @09:44PM (#12927056)
Serious question: is there any action he could take, any line he could cross, literally anything he could do or say that would ever, in your mind, be sufficient to justify refusing to associate with him?
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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by rayiner on Thursday November 10, 2016 @09:59PM (#12927183)
He could have voted for a war (that more than a fifth of the Senate opposed) that cost trillions of dollars and cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by rayiner on Thursday November 10, 2016 @10:16PM (#12927302)
When the U.S. went to Iraq, I had a political opinion. HRC had a choice.
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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by ubernostrum on Thursday November 10, 2016 @10:18PM (#12927314)
Here's a hint: this is exactly how many people feel about Thiel, Trump, and what's expected from the Trump administration.
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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by rayiner on Thursday November 10, 2016 @10:33PM (#12927431)
My point is that if voting for the Iraq war can be forgiven, anything can be forgiven.
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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by rayiner on Thursday November 10, 2016 @11:22PM (#12927776)
You're conflating political opinions with political actions. Pulling the trigger on a preemptive war is not an opinion, it's an action.
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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by ubernostrum on Thursday November 10, 2016 @11:28PM (#12927822)
So is donating over a million dollars to a campaign an opinion or an action, then?
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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by overgard on Thursday November 10, 2016 @10:59PM (#12927623)
Yes.
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