Project Include Drops Y Combinator As Peter Thiel Pledges $1.25 Million To Trump (theverge.com)

Peter Thiel's support for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has given Silicon Valley a headache. This past weekend, Thiel donated $1.25 million to his campaign, which is driving away partners from Thiel's Silicon Valley accelerator, Y Combinator. Today, Project Include, a community for building meaningful, enduring diversity and inclusion into tech companies, said that it would no longer work with Y Combinator startups. "Thiel's actions are in direct conflict with our values at Project Include," the group's co-founder, Ellen Pao, wrote in a Medium post. "Because of this continued connection to YC, we are compelled to break off our relationship with YC." The Verge reports: Founded in 2005, Y Combinator has incubated some of the biggest tech companies of the past decade, including Airbnb, Dropbox, and Stripe. It faced a barrage of criticism over the weekend for refusing to dissociate itself from Thiel, who took an advisory role with the organization in 2015. In a series of tweets, YC's president stood by Thiel. "Cutting off opposing viewpoints leads to extremism and will not get us the country we want," Sam Altman wrote. "Diversity of opinion is painful but critical to the health of a democratic society. We can't start purging people for political support." In her post, Pao rejected the idea that Thiel's donation could be dismissed as political speech. "We agree that people shouldn't be fired for their political views, but this isn't a disagreement on tax policy, this is advocating hatred and violence," she wrote. "Giving more power to someone whose ascension and behavior strike fear into so many people is unacceptable. His attacks on black, Mexican, Asian, Muslim, and Jewish people, on women, and on others are more than just political speech; fueled by hate and encouraging violence, they make each of us feel unsafe."

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Ellen Pao

[lucm]

I don't need to know the underlying issue. If Ellen Pao is involved, I'm rooting for the other side.

Also really the Clintonazis are getting less and less subtle nowadays.

Re:Ellen Pao

[youngone]

Is this the same Ellen Pao that sued for sexual harassment against a guy who she actually had sex with?

I'm not sure about that, but it is the Ellen Pao who did poorly at her job and couldn't accept criticism, so she started a gender discrimination lawsuit.

It turns out she was just not that good at her job, but after failing at Reddit she has found a way to make a living from being a woman.

Re:Ellen Pao

[Anonymous Coward]

If Ellen Pao is involved, I'm rooting for the other side

Ah yes, the maturity level of a twelve year old typical of many Slashdot posters, and moderators too evidently.

Re:Ellen Pao

[colin_faber]

I realize that Trump cannot be pinned on any of the issues and does not really deliver on promises much,

Wait... What? What promises are you talking about? Unlike Clinton, Trump has not ever been a part of politics (directly). There's yet to be any broken promises from him.

Re:Ellen Pao

[bjwest]

If Ellen Pao is involved, I'm rooting for the other side

Ah yes, the maturity level of a twelve year old typical of many Slashdot posters, and moderators too evidently.

Pretty much the maturity level of Project Include towards Y Combinator, wouldn't you say? Or is it only considered childish if it's against something you support?

Re:Ellen Pao

[vinlud]

There is a difference between calling your opponent a nazi or calling your opponent a 12-year old

Re:Ellen Pao

[gfxguy]

I dislike Trump almost as much as I dislike the Clintons. I find it amusing this year that both sides say a vote for Johnson is a vote for the other candidate. (Johnson is also not qualified, but since he stands no chance of winning, it's a vote for a philosophy for me)

However, from this vantage point, liberals/democrats look downright crazy...

"We agree that people shouldn't be fired for their political views, but this isn't a disagreement on tax policy, this is advocating hatred and violence," she wrote. "Giving more power to someone whose ascension and behavior strike fear into so many people is unacceptable. His attacks on black, Mexican, Asian, Muslim, and Jewish people, on women, and on others are more than just political speech; fueled by hate and encouraging violence, they make each of us feel unsafe."

Anybody afraid of Trump is moron. Yes, he's sexist, he's racist, and he's just a complete jerk - but he hasn't "attacked" anyone, or threatened to implement any policies that should make anybody feel "threatened." He's not fueled by hate, he's fueled by greed and a sense of self grandeur, and when has he ever encouraged violence? Just so much hyperbole in one sentence, and the sad part is people believe it - the tolerant liberals once again showing their intolerance for anyone that doesn't fall in line with their ideology. I don't find it ironic that, with the exception of the religious fundamentalists perhaps, conservatives are a lot more open minded and accepting that people have different philosophies than liberals.... and I'm neither, which is why it might be so obvious to me, and so hard for either side to see how hypocritical and moronic they are so often being.

And since when has anybody actually been "all in" on a candidate anyway? I don't know ANYONE that exhibits any signs of rational thought that thinks that either of the main party candidates are a great choice - more than ever before, this is a "lesser of two evils" election. But the lesser of two evils is still evil (so keep making fun of third party votes while you vote "evil"). For the vast majority of supporters, a vote for Trump is not a vote for sexism or racism, it's a vote for a small number of policy changes people might like to see, and mainly a vote against Hillary - the same way a vote for Hillary is a vote for a small number of policies she supports and mainly a vote against Trump.

Re:Ellen Pao

[squiggleslash]

There's yet to be any broken promises from him

I would suggest you read the statements by the numerous contractors and businesses he's signed contracts with over the last few decades where he's then stiffed them, either not paying them at all, or paying only a part of the bill.

His record is so bad when it comes to lying about what he's promised and what he intends to do, his own lawyers meet him in pairs to ensure they have witnesses.

Re:Ellen Pao

[tehcyder]

Anybody afraid of Trump is moron. Yes, he's sexist, he's racist, and he's just a complete jerk - but he hasn't "attacked" anyone, or threatened to implement any policies that should make anybody feel "threatened." He's not fueled by hate, he's fueled by greed and a sense of self grandeur, and when has he ever encouraged violence?

What people are afraid of is him becoming President and having his finger on foreign policy (and the nuclear button).

Re:Ellen Pao

[tehcyder]

I realize that Trump cannot be pinned on any of the issues and does not really deliver on promises much,

Wait... What? What promises are you talking about? Unlike Clinton, Trump has not ever been a part of politics (directly). There's yet to be any broken promises from him.

That's an interesting way of spinning the fact that Trump has no political experience.

It's like saying that as someone with no medical qualifications whatsoever I'd make a good doctor because I haven't killed any patients yet.

virtue signaling

[prof_robinson]

All this is is more virtue signaling; heaven forbid the other silicon valley lefties do not publicly show their disapproval. It's this public displays that lefties live for, after all.

Re:virtue signaling

[lucm]

All this is is more virtue signaling; heaven forbid the other silicon valley lefties do not publicly show their disapproval. It's this public displays that lefties live for, after all.

Funny enough it's the same people who watch movies like Trumbo and are outraged by the actions of the HUAC and McCarthy. Bunch of hypocrites.

Re:virtue signaling

[Anonymous Coward]

This is the second time a person has been attacked for participating in perfectly legal and personal political activism. The message being sent by those bleating sheep about supporting Trump is if you do not conform and agree with my political leanings we will ruin your personal and public life. And who in their right mind gives a fuck what some trendy computer company thinks. How about someone investigate these companies to see which country they are booking their revenue in while avoiding paying taxes?

The world is running towards the cliff and the internet is providing the tail wind. And I have not decided if this is good or bad. I would vote for Trump if he promised to do the one thing he absolute control over and that is close every single military outpost around the world and attempt to annul any mutual defense treaties the US is saddled with. I mean that's what people really want isn't it? Stay out of foreign wars no matter where they are or how many people are being killed. Cease all public statements about any country violating someone's human rights. That's their internal business and as long as US interests are secured no country in the world will here any US diplomatic or politician complaining about some hell hole on the other side of the planet. I am talking about running a 100% amoral government.
The upside to walking this path is everyone will need to find another country to blame for all their ills. Of course any private citizen who wants to provide support to their brethren can make as many posters they want and protest all they want. They will demand peace but they never have a single idea to reach their mythical state of Zen. With all the US forces back home and the US government turning a blind eye as long as US interests are directly at risk it should be quite easy to get everyone currently killing one another to put their guns back in the closet and disarm the IUD's stored in the garage.

"Gay Culture" is blind devotion then?

[SuperKendall]

I wasn't aware the "culture" of being gay meant you had to be a blind sheep and vote for every Democrat, no matter how much they hate gay culture...

The funny thing is if you really supported "gay culture" you would vote for Trump. Hillary will not do a thing for gay people because she already has their vote.

Trump meanwhile is fine with gay marriage, and if you voted for Trump it would mean one more Republican in power than there was before who supports people who are gay... Err I mean sleep with other men, since your litmus test would mean that "gay" people were only a subset of men who slept with men whereas Trump supports ALL men who have sex with men, not just a chosen few.

Vote Trump for more sex.

Re:"Gay Culture" is blind devotion then?

[prof_robinson]

Trump is fine with gay marriage and where Caitlyn goes to the bathroom...but Hillary wants to airlift hundreds of thousands of people who want to throw gay people off rooftops. It's a simple equation.

Re:"Gay Culture" is blind devotion then?

[h33t l4x0r]

If I was gay I might be a little scared of Trump, but I'd be fucking terrified of Mike Pence.

Re:"Gay Culture" is blind devotion then?

[Anonymous Coward]

You're terrified on behalf of gay people, of which you are not. Somehow I suspect an ulterior political motive to that statement.

"Terrified" implies a threat. If you can find a Mike Pence position, or a position of any non-marginal Christian group at all, that rises to the level of a -threat-, do post it.

Mainstream Christianity won't do anything more aggressive to gay people than object to modifications to Christianity that would be satisfied when it no longer has any religious content. The only people receiving pushback on that, are political activists who use gay rights as a wedge issue for anti-religion agendas (here's yours, incidentally). There are plenty of Christian denominations and churches that will welcome gay people with open arms. Most, actually, won't even bring it up unless they are pushed to the wall.

Re:"Gay Culture" is blind devotion then?

[Kiuas]

Trump is fine with gay marriage and where Caitlyn goes to the bathroom...but Hillary wants to airlift hundreds of thousands of people who want to throw gay people off rooftops. It's a simple equation.

Actually no, no it isn't. The people looking for shelter from western countries are the people Daesh is currently throwing of buildings and massacring.

You created a failed state and a power vacuum in the middle-east, which lead to the rise of a theocratic quasi-nation of murderous madmen who're killing their own countrymen and fellow muslims en masse, and then when this population of civilians escape helloholes like Aleppo in hopes of not getting blown to bits amidst all of the fighting, people put them in the same category as the heinous murderers that they're escaping from. It's ridiculous.

Now is it true that Daesh is trying to sneak some guys in with this flood of people? Yes, absolutely it's true. But does that mean that because a tiny fraction of the wave of immigrants might be evil, the west should abandon all shreds of humanism and let the civilians be crushed by conflict? Have you seen the shape Aleppo is in?

We're at a point, wherein we here in Finland with 1/50th of US population have taken as much refugees as the US (10 000), and we had NOTHING to do with starting this conflict in the first place, and the US is supposed to be the 'land of the brave' and somehow the epitome of western morality? If so, stop being a bunch of pussies and take some responsibility for your own actions and do something to help the people whose lives your well intentioned but horribly executed nation building exercise has totally fucked up.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Or should we just give up on you guys and amend that with 'unless they're brown people escaping a conflict we started, in that case FUCK THEM!'?

Re:"Gay Culture" is blind devotion then?

[Anonymous Coward]

The racism thing is probably because be refuses to dissociate himself with white supremacists and other overt, proud racists.

Oh, you mean like how Hillary Clinton to this day lauds Margret Sanger as one of her hero's and major influences in life.

Margret Sanger on blacks, immigrants and indigents:
"...human weeds,' 'reckless breeders,' 'spawning... human beings who never should have been born." - Margaret Sanger, Pivot of Civilization, referring to immigrants and poor people.

Margaret Sanger on the extermination of blacks:
"We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population," she said, "if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members." - -Woman's Body, Woman's Right: A Social History of Birth Control in America, by Linda Gordon

And Planned Parenthood has killed over 40 million blacks since Margret Sanger's and the Democrats War on Blacks began.

You mean like that? Indeed.

Re: "Gay Culture" is blind devotion then?

[Anonymous Coward]

Huffingtonpost references.....that says it all. The Oracle truth....if you like you truth bent over so far to the biased, sanctimonious, holierthanthou left.

Re: "Gay Culture" is blind devotion then?

[Anonymous Coward]

Using the knee jerk argument of offensive shows your lack of intellectual depth. Throw in safety or climate change....so that everyone will be cowed to the BS flavor of the decade self-righteous argument. Use your brain.

Hillary is a corporate shill. The media backs her because her corporate gods want them to. But goa ahead, rest on the pat he's offensive line.

Enjoy the four years when you jobs go to India, your taxes rise, and the poor go deeper into nonproductive wards of the state.

Re:"Gay Culture" is blind devotion then?

[AmiMoJo]

True, there is just so much stuff I had actually temporarily forgotten about the "Miss Housekeeping" thing. Trump is actually quite racist.

Now, just watch as people respond trying to claim that "Miss Housekeeping" isn't racist.

Re:He isn't really gay

[quantaman]

He does have sex with men, but he isn't part of the culture. It's disingenuous to call him gay.

Since when does a sexual orientation require you becoming part of a particular culture?

How Sound Reasonable Politics Is Mean to Happen.

[rtb61]

Really quite fucking simply, attack the policies and investigate and report on the politicians. The supporters you leave right the fuck alone because democracy and free choice, you leave the supporters right the fuck alone because otherwise you are anti-democratic, anti-freedom and pro-arsehole.

Don't care who they support as long as they are doing it legally and not seeking to buy elections. That liberal progressives are launching this kind of attack means they are complete and utterly fake Liberal Progressives and are actually corporate stooges, right wing arseholes (jeebus, WTF, I am having to defend right wing supporters from left wing attacks because the left wing attackers are not actually left wing attackers but just right wing fakers pretending to be left wing).

When a politician chooses to call voters deplorable, guess who the deplorable person really is and it ain't those voters being slandered (that politician is also far right and most definitely not a Liberal Progressives, stop fucking lying).

I will always strive to protect voters from corrupt politicians, regardless of whether or not I disagree with the political choices of those voters, I am not a fake left winger.

Re:He isn't really gay

[prof_robinson]

because that's how lefties think. They think politics descends from biology. Sure it's hella bigoted and racist, but that's how they roll.

WTF is "Project Include"?

[Zontar The Mindless]

Why did I never hear of it before seeing this story? Have I been living under a rock? Did I miss something important?

Re:WTF is "Project Include"?

[negRo_slim]

You did not miss anything important.

Ellen Pao should cut ties with the American public

[penguinoid]

Ellen Pao should cut ties with the American public, because a large portion of them support Trump and therefore she equates them with "advocating hatred and violence" and "Giving more power to someone whose ascension and behavior strike fear into so many people".

Incidentally, Hillary also strikes fear in the hearts of many people, and makes them feel unsafe.

People care what SJW Wllen Pao thinks?

[Snotnose]

Thought she got completely discredited, how in hell did she get another job making more than minimum wage?

an unexpected benefit

[ooloorie]

Today, Project Include, a community for building meaningful, enduring diversity and inclusion into tech companies, said that it would no longer work with Y Combinator startups.

Pao not messing with your startup sounds like a substantial benefit to me. Thiel got his money's worth right there.

Looking at Pao's staff, I'd also suggest that she work on diversity at her own company a bit before lecturing others.

Re:an unexpected benefit

[TheGratefulNet]

holy shit - ALL women in her staff?

yeah, that's real 'diversity' right there.

as long as there are no white men, its ok. amiright?

damn, not even a token penis in the whole crowd.

I didn't think much of that pao woman before, but I think much less of her now. didn't even think it was possible.

And THAT....

[SuperKendall]

Anyone who engenders hate against any group

And THAT is why I'm not voting for Clinton.

Re:Trump is fine with gay marriage...

[ooloorie]

Anyone who engenders hate against any group is capable of targeting you too.

Well, with Hillary "marriage is between one man and one woman", she has already targeted us.

She only changed her tune when the majority of Americans started favoring gay marriage and her strategists worked out that it was now politically expedient for her to switch her position.

And that's what all her "public positions" are like: carefully crafted messages to voting blocs; once she's in power, she won't give a fuck about any of that.

That's Supposed to be a Deterent, Right?

[Stormy Dragon]

I'm not sure Ellen Pao promising she won't have anything to do with your startups from now on is quite the punishment she seems to think it is.

Re:He isn't really gay

[ooloorie]

But if you want to posture as a member of an oppressed subculture and get the benefits of belonging to said group, you join up and there's a whole prefab identity waiting for you to put it on.

Well, a few of decades ago, men who had sex with men and were found out really did suffer horrific oppression even in the US, and even more so abroad. Democrats, the social justice movement, and the American left were indeed quite helpful in ending that very real oppression. But now that discrimination against homosexuals is not much of a problem anymore, these people are going overboard and are starting to hurt the people they used to help.

Hillary Clinton, however, only changed her public position when it was politically beneficial to her and didn't make any difference to gay rights anymore. Given her history, any gay man or lesbian who votes for Hillary is a fool. Politicians won't stop taking advantage of us like that unless we make them pay a steep price.

Re:More examples

[diamondmagic]

Everything you just complained about is even worse at Breitbart since Andrew Breitbart died.

The website is now literally run by Trump's campaign staff. No, really, Steve Bannon is both executive chairman at Breitbart and CEO of Donald Trump presidential campaign.

Was that on purpose?

[Okian Warrior]

Everything you just complained about is even worse at Breitbart since Andrew Breitbart died.

The website is now literally run by Trump's campaign staff. No, really, Steve Bannon is both executive chairman at Breitbart and CEO of Donald Trump presidential campaign.

I notice you didn't say that the claims made were false.

Was that on purpose?

Re:Get rid of votes for women

[Anonymous Coward]

Well ... there is a correlation between debt/deficit and women's liberation.

Just saying. Women cost the government far more than men.

In fact... men don't cost the government anything. They're net payers of taxes.

Women are net tax recipients.

The numbers are what the numbers are, no matter how politically incorrect the conversation.

Re:More examples

[Mitreya]

Trump supporters have been pretty polite throughout the election.

That may be, but Trump is still a dangerous psychopath, far more dangerous than Clinton (who is, admittedly, pretty bad as far as candidates go).

Re: Biggest tech companies?

[Dunbal]

Hey in America you can become an "inventor" by taking your Wal Mart bought clock apart and putting it in a briefcase.

Why have ademocracy at all?

[Karmashock]

Lets just have the democrats be the ruling party of the United States. They can take care of everyone for the greater good. The party leaders will determine what is in the interest of the community... We can call it "communism".

Seriously, this blacklisting of people for even daring to support anything but the democrats has grown grotesque.

And to make things sadder, we have evidence that the democrats rigged their primaries to get Hillary the nomination. Which means you're not merely a bastard for voting for something besides the democrats but you're also a bastard for voting for the democratic candidate that wasn't picked by the party bosses.

That's fucked up, gents. And if you keep buying into this shit, then the democracy is gone. We're all back to being peasants again as we will have proven ourselves to be unworthy of being anything more than that.

Cue the gaggle of retarded ACs that will either call me a literal nazi for suggesting that democracy requires freedom of speech, freedom of political thought, and freedom to express that in a politically effective way... and if they don't call me a Nazi they'll instead suggest I'm a brain washed sub human zombie because I don't do exactly what I'm told to do by our lords and masters.

People... I'm not saying you have to vote one way or the other on anything. Vote your own personal conscience. However, that very sentiment I issue there is predicated on the perpetuation of our republic. Should the republic be subverted to such an extent that the will of the people is truly meaningless... Your opinion about anything will at that point equal zero. Your feelings or interests or will or thoughts... of no value. So for the preservation of your own ability to even matter in the first place... I would ask you consider whether you should be voting for a political agenda that goes out of its way to silence any dissent. Today that opposition might be someone you disagree with... but tomorrow that might be you. And when that rolls through who will be there to save you? Because what we're seeing out of the modern DNC... is fascism. We're seeing orchestrated "brown shirt" type operations. Collisions between industry, government, law enforcement, foreign governments, the media.

I'm not saying you have to change the way you feel about any particular issue. I rather draw your attention to the character of the modern DNC... to their morality and ethics. This is who apparently many of us wish to rule the United States. "these" people.

if anyone is at all curious, my own desire is to devolve powers to the states and out of the Federal Government. Let Oregon run Oregon. Let Maine run Maine. Concentrating all that power in Washington is going to lead to an Emperor, a civil war, a grand national collapse, some combination of the above, or various other unpleasant consequences I haven't enumerated.

This is not sustainable. It has to stop. The level of corruption on display is crying out for some response... and it will come. From the top or the bottom... from without or within. This is going to end one way or another. I believe the best solution is to reduce the value of the prize so that there are fewer assholes drawn to the power. Absent that... I think we're headed for bad times. And I don't think vilifying what remains of the democracy is helping.

Re:Why have ademocracy at all?

[LordLucless]

Same thing happened in the UK with Brexit.

You mean, people not voting the way they were told to?

Re:Yes, seriously

[melted]

They gave it a bare minimum of coverage. As an example: most people don't know about wikileaks revelations, about immunity deals, about lying to the FBI, about destruction of evidence. Why is it that some dude gets prison time for merely taking a picture in the vicinity of something classified, yet HRC deliberately mishandles top secret info and gets off scot free?

Re:Great example of Libtard disease

[Required Snark]

There were so many idiots talking like you on this thread that it was hard to pick one. I chose you because your language makes it clear that you have the mental capacity of a brick.

Suppose there was a Democrat running for election who said that it was OK to shoot at cops sometime. They would be toast within four hours of that hitting the internet. Not only would they have to withdraw from the race they were in, they would be kicked out of the Democratic Party. (By the way, the same goes for the Republican Party. Only not really because Republican make excuses for the Malheur Wildlife Refuge occupation where there were real guns and threats to the lives of federal employies.)

At any rate, Trump has on many occasions implied that violence is justified against undocumented people, including women and children. He also said he want's kick "Mexicans" out of the US, without considering if they are citizens or not.

Beyond that, he has incited violence against his opponent, which is is illegal, and a whisker away from calling for political assassination.

So his appeal to violence during the elections is just like saying it's OK to shoot at a cop. In some ways it is worse, because he is slyly talking about political assassination. And Theil is supporting him to the tune of $1.5 million, which means that Theil is OK with this level of expressed violence.

So it doesn't make any difference who Ellen Pao is. If you stand with Trump, as does Thiel, you endorse political violence. It's not about political correctness, or stifling political speech, it's about supporting a democratic form of government. And you and Theil and Trump hate democracy and want to destroy it. You are an enemy of the United States just as much as the Islamic State or Al Qaeda.

I hope I didn't use too many big words for for you. To make it easy, I just called you a violent political thug who hates America. And I think you are really stupid.

Re:More examples

[drinkypoo]

Trump supporters have been pretty polite throughout the election.

Wait, what? When I search google for "trump supporters" (and I really haven't been googling trump stuff) I get "Trump Supporter: 'Hillary Needs To Be Taken Out'", "Trump's supporters talk rebellion, assassination at his rallies", "Why Trump supporters are getting so violent", and "The Night Trump Supporters "Found Me Out" As A Jew" on the first page of results. On page two I get "Maybe it was the photo of the guyâ"attending a Trump rally with his wife and small childrenâ"who opted to wear a âoeShe's a Cunt. Vote Trumpâ ..." as well as "Yes, half of Trump supporters are racist" and of course "Armed Donald Trump supporters caught menacing Democratic campaign office".

You're a liar.

We don't put naked statues of Hillary in cities,

There's plenty of naked Hillary memes.

or have billboards of her kissing Huma Abedin, or make comparisons of her to Hitler, Stalin, Satan, or Cthulhu.

What? Yes you do. You (since you want to be part of a group) compare her to hitler, stalin, and satan all the time. I see that shit daily. Sadly, often comments on my friends' posts.

Expect things to get much *much* worse.

So you mean Trump supporters will move up from assault and promoting genocide? Do you mean they will actually start murdering people?

I'm not a fan of the DNC, but you're spouting obvious falsehoods. Is it just trolling, do you want these nonsensical ideas debunks, or what?

Re:More examples

[Maxo-Texas]

Even the Daily Mail has more credibility than Brietbart.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

"Andrew Breitbart has a job to do and he does it well. Breitbartâ(TM)s job is to lie and distort the truth in order to advance a right-wing agenda, embarrass liberals, and undermine the Obama administration.

Breitbart is not a journalist, researcher, or pundit. He is a propagandist. He operates several websites (BigGovernment, BigJournalism, and BigHollywood), where he and other right-wing bloggers spew their political pornography. The articles that appear on these websites are contemporary versions of what historian Richard Hofstadter called, in a famous 1964 essay, the âoeparanoid styleâ of American politics practiced by extreme conservatives. "

http://www.jimchines.com/2016/...

"This is what rates an article on Breitbart. âoeHey, a commenter on the internet said that some unnamed person is talking to a couple of Toronto bookstores and showing them what some of the Sad/Rabid Puppies have said and asking them not to stock a said puppies. Oh, and yeah, thereâ(TM)s no actual evidence of it having any effect.â"

This is what rates an article on Breitbart. âoeHey, a commenter on the internet said that some unnamed person is talking to a couple of Toronto bookstores and showing them what some of the Sad/Rabid Puppies have said and asking them not to stock a said puppies. Oh, and yeah, thereâ(TM)s no actual evidence of it having any effect.â

http://dailycaller.com/2016/04...

Brietbart is a racist propaganda site associated with the alt right who's "fact checking" consists of quoting stuff people say on blogs.
Brietbart makes Fox news look like liberals and socialists.

Is there no slef-awareness left?

[TimothyHollins]

"We agree that people shouldn't be fired for their political views, but this isn't a disagreement on tax policy, this is advocating hatred and violence,"

Is it just me or is she actually saying "We shouldn't fire people for political beliefs, but let's fire people for their political beliefs" ? As head of a company focused on making money off diversity and inclusivity, Pao doesn't seem very inclusive of diverse views.

Enough with the SJW bullshit

[ArchieBunker]

Reddit needed to make a policy change to keep the site profitable. They knew the changes would make fedora wearing neckbeards like yourself start foaming at the mouth so they made her the "fall guy". The changes were enacted and your anger was directed towards her instead of the site. Mission accomplished.