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.
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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...?