Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump • Hacker News Board

Re: Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump

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Post by eyeareque » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 2:33 AM UTC

Maybe he just needed another write off?

Re: Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump

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Post by raldi » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 2:33 AM UTC

proc0 wrote: post #6

He might as well burn that money. Talk about bad investing.

People said the same thing about Brexit just days before it happened.

Re: Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump

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Post by roshan_arhsim » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 2:33 AM UTC

I don't see the problem with trump comments as per a recent reddit post, it was more of comments on what women, in general, will do to be with someone famous. It was a criticism of the mordern day women and nothing more.

Re: Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump

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Post by atom-morgan » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 2:34 AM UTC

sawthat wrote: post #3

Time for YC to take a stand and cut this guy loose.

Over...politics.

Re: Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump

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Post by rpiguy » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 2:34 AM UTC

Nothing like groupthink and a little dismissive condescension to make for discourse.

Re: Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump

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Post by pesenti » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 2:35 AM UTC

I upvoted the story and then it got removed. Then I submitted it myself and it got flagged and killed despite getting many points. Then it was submitted again, made the front page, but just got removed from the front page... What's going on?

Re: Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump

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Post by myth_buster » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 2:36 AM UTC

Kudos for putting the money where the mouth is but I think he is living in a capitalistic illusion or perhaps being stuck between devil and the high sea.

Re: Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump

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Post by muglug » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 2:36 AM UTC

That sounds like a lot, but it's still $23.75M less than he donated to Clinkle.

Re: Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump

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Post by yohui » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 2:36 AM UTC

sawthat wrote: post #3

Time for YC to take a stand and cut this guy loose.

For context, Peter Thiel is a part-time partner at Y Combinator.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#Y_Combinator

Source: http://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter

Re: Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump

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Post by x0x0 » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 2:36 AM UTC

cageface wrote: post #2

PG doesn't get to publicly disavow Trump AND keep this guy on the YC board. Which is it going to be?

PG appears to be pulling a Paul Ryan =P

But to pick just one pain point, I'm curious how he's going to square having a partner support the grab 'em in the pussy candidate with about a Crosby's worth of sexual assault victims and support for female founders.