Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team
by billiam on Friday November 11, 2016 @12:51AM
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Here, this guy. Thiel isn't qualified. He knows nothing about running a real business, just investing in them. He knows nothing about economic policy. And clearly he knows nothing about governance.
Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team
by pmorici on Friday November 11, 2016 @01:06AM
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What evidence do you have that that is true? Looking at his career experience on Wikipedia suggests the exact opposite. Not to mention it's a win for LGBT causes which he is known to be a supporter of.
Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team
by peterclary on Friday November 11, 2016 @09:18AM
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It's a win for LGBT causes to ally himself with somebody who believes in Conversion Therapy?
[Edit: I meant Trump, and I was wrong - see below. Technically Thiel is also allied with Pence, who does believe in Conversion Therapy, but that wasn't who I meant. I apologise]
Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team
by pmorici on Friday November 11, 2016 @09:38AM
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Trump has never said he believes in conversion therapy. That is Pence, who is the vice president a position of little to no power. If you are advocating that you shouldn't ever associate with anyone who has a wrong idea about something then I think you are really wrong. Engaging people is how you change minds not shunning them because they have a factually incorrect belief or disagree with you.
Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team
by peterclary on Friday November 11, 2016 @10:31AM
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I don't like to mis-characterise anyone's position. The following article suggests that I was indeed wrong, and I apologise: http://www.dailydot.com/irl/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-lgb...
However, from the same article it appears that Trump has vowed to sign the FADA, has said he supports North Carolina's anti-LGBT law, and has said he would strongly consider appointing Justices who would overrule marriage equality, which seem like legitimate causes of concern for the LGBQT community.
[Edit: Arguably Thiel is allied with Pence as well, who HAS advocated Conversion Therapy, so what I wrote was technically correct, but I did indeed mean Trump when I wrote it and I was wrong]
Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team
by lloyddobbler on Friday November 11, 2016 @01:04AM
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You apparently haven't read up on the history of Paypal...?
I'm not seeing anyone arguing that Peter Theil isn't qualified.
Bush nominating Harriet Miers is an example of cronyism. This really isn't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Miers_Supreme_Court_no...