Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU

Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by tabeth on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:33PM (#13554864)

So he's never been a partner and doesn't work "very closely with the companies." Yet he's still affiliated with YC?

Actions speak louder than words: drop him or acknowledge that YC at some level acknowledges his views (this isn't bad, or good, just something that should be done in my view).

Even something as simple as "we acknowledge that people have differing political views, yadda yadda... would be sufficient).

Why say anything about him? Well, clearly he's the elephant in the room. They should acknowledge this and move on.

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by burkaman on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:38PM (#13554924)

Sam Altman did acknowledge his views on behalf of YC in everyone's favorite format, a long series of tweets: https://twitter.com/sama/status/787833897132232704?ref_src=t...

He addressed it again in a blog post: http://blog.samaltman.com/the-2016-election

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by a_j_c on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:38PM (#13554925)

> Even something as simple as "we acknowledge that people have differing political views, yadda yadda... would be sufficient).

Why do they need to publicly admit the obvious? What is the angle here?

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by tabeth on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:40PM (#13554950)

It's obvious that Thiel supports an individual that contradicts many of YC's own goals and interests?

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by CalChris on Thursday February 02, 2017 @05:00PM (#13555183)

Your account was created 30 days ago. You've described yourself as a liberal just not a Dem apologist. Can you please keep your origin story straight for the next 30 days?

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by a_j_c on Thursday February 02, 2017 @05:19PM (#13555385)

> "Your account was created 30 days ago."

True. Nice observation.

> "You've described yourself as a liberal just not a Dem apologist. Can you please keep your origin story straight for the next 30 day"

I'm not sure what you mean by this...what is the "origin story" you speak of that you apparently know so much about? I haven't contradicted myself about it.

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by ebcode on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:40PM (#13554948)

Thiel is a "part-time partner" according to this: http://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter/

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by joezydeco on Thursday February 02, 2017 @05:00PM (#13555182)

And, according to the New Zealand government, he's a part-time American citizen.

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by vegabook on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:51PM (#13555072)

The government is an enormously rich potential source of revenue for any company or investor. Unless Trump burns out, Thiel is probably now the most powerful financier in tech. Which sane businessperson wants to make an explicit enemy out of him? That explains a lot of the ambiguity. Follow the money. Please don't bet on investors (including YC) putting any political misgivings ahead of P&L in their hierarchy of concerns.

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by ryandamm on Thursday February 02, 2017 @05:04PM (#13555217)

I do [want to make an enemy of him]. (Though to be fair, I'm not nearly important enough to matter.)

Seriously though, investment is a form of partnership. Thiel has diminished his stature as an investor in my eyes, government access or not; I will never -- now or in the future -- accept money from a Thiel-backed fund. YMMV.

[Edited to reflect a phrase I thought I was responding to, but was either misread or edited later...]

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by vegabook on Thursday February 02, 2017 @05:11PM (#13555294)

quote restored for you ;-)

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by revoltingx on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:34PM (#13554887)

Why? Seems unfair to ban someone over their political views. Specially when they're from the winning party. He was right to bet on Trump, if anything I'd want him closer.

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by rory096 on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:44PM (#13554997)

FYI, your account has been dead for 2272 days.

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