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 toomuchtodo on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:40PM (#13554954)

I am trying suuuuuuper hard to give The Donald a chance as a far left progressive, but when you fill the swamp instead of draining it (appointments), lie directly to your country (Alternate Facts), and institute executive orders that violate the spirit of your country's foundation while being illegal (restricting the return of legal residents to US soil), you have quickly burned up whatever legitimacy folks were willing to extend you.

Facts are not negotiable, any more than gravity is. At least try to govern like world leader.

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by TenOhms on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:46PM (#13555008)

Once again, "alternate facts" wasn't meant as the boogeyman you were told it was. They were alternate (as in, the other side of the story) that the MSM wasn't telling you. I know this has been detonated in the comedysphere but they only mocked their own ignorance.

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by toomuchtodo on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:47PM (#13555025)

> They were alternate (as in, the other side of the story) that the MSM wasn't telling you.

This is called an opinion. Supply photo 1. Supply photo 2. Compare. Result = fact.

You also didn't address the issues that are far worse: prohibiting legal residents from returning to US soil, and filling cabinet appointments with people who want to dismantle the very institutions they are charged with leading.

I really, really want to meet in the middle with the right. Otherwise, we're going to just have to have a concerted effort to drive them into the ocean.

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by User23 on Thursday February 02, 2017 @05:10PM (#13555290)

"which has resulted in at least 1 death" this is not true.

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by toomuchtodo on Thursday February 02, 2017 @05:15PM (#13555338)

You're correct. I was wrong, and I have retracted that part of my comment.

http://time.com/4656182/trump-muslim-ban-woman-died-green-ca...

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by Delmania on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:59PM (#13555164)

What other side exactly?

This started because the Sean Spicer claimed the president had the largest inauguration attendance ever. This was proven false by multiple sources. There is no such thing as an alternate fact. It's either an exaggeration or a lie.

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