Paypal Founder Peter Thiel To Speak At Trump's Republican Convention (nbcbayarea.com)

Slashdot reader speedplane writes: The New York Times is reporting that renowned Venture Capitalist, Paypal Founder, and Gawker Litigation Funder, Peter Thiel will be speaking at the Republican National Convention. The original story does not state what Thiel will discuss at the convention, only that he'll be speaking the last day, but there's plenty of speculation.
Facebook issued a statement that though Thiel is on their board of directors, his appearance was "personal," saying Thiel "is not attending on behalf of Facebook or to represent our views." NBC reports Thiel will be the first openly-gay man to speak at the convention in 16 years, "as party leaders refuse to soften the GOP's formal opposition to gay marriage," noting Thiel "has been a staunch supporter of Donald Trump's run for the oval office, previously supported Ron Paul for president and has identified himself as a conservative libertarian in the past... Other speakers will include four of Trump's children, Las Vegas casino owner Phil Ruffin, and actor and former underwear model Antonio Sabato Jr."

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Re: Just what the world needs

[Anonymous Coward]

Giving you +100 wouldn't be enough (if I could)... but you hit it perfectly on the head.

There is the view (primarily from the left in my experience) that if you are in a particular group, then you most properly conform to it, otherwise you are a sellout.

White? Racist... unless you prostrate.
Male? Sexist & transphobic... unless you prostrate.
Gay? 100% in favor of SSM.
Trans? Opposed to bathroom restrictions.
Jewish? Democrat.
Black? Democrat.
Smart? Democrat.

And it is this very expectation which makes Milo Yiannopoulos such a dangerous faggot (his term) as he is such a wonderful reminder of how many of them are not only wrong, but blatantly racist, sexist, homophobic, etc.

Re: Just what the world needs

[gay358]

As an European I haven't been following all the details, but if I am not mistaken, Trump is actually relatively supportive towards gays (especially if compared to others within Republican party) even if he does not support recognizing gay marriage at the moment. There was story about this issue on New York Times:

Donald Trump's More Accepting Views on Gay Issues Set Him Apart in G.O.P.

Re:I want to like Donald.

[Fire_Wraith]

For one, he's a lot less likely to be in need of anti-discrimination laws. He's not exactly afraid of being fired for being gay. If some bakery refuses to serve him, he can probably just buy the bakery itself outright, or ten others like it. He's probably not worried about being beaten up for being gay because he can hire a massive personal security detail. Money of the kind he's got carries a -LOT- of privileges.

It's probably easier to think of him as someone who politically is rich and libertarian first, and gay only second or third at best.

Re:I want to like Donald.

[Rakarra]

Then there is the email bullshit, she used exactly the same system that previous *republican* administrations did,

100% false. Rice did not use email, and Powell did not use a server that he or his staff operated.
But my problem is not even that she used a server -- it's that every time someone asks her about this, she lies.
"It was allowed." (It wasn't)
"My predecessors did this." (they didn't)
"I didn't receive classified information." (over 100 documents...)
"Those documents were inappropriately classified after." (the 100+ documents were classified AT THE TIME).

She just keeps feeding into this mantra that she lies and is untrustworthy. No one else needs to paint this picture -- she is doing this all on her own stating easily provable lies. She's not total absolute 100% pants-on-fire like Trump is, but she makes it really difficult for anyone to vote FOR her.