That’s why the implication that, “well who cares he’s still rich” is odd to me
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Replying to @AustenAllred @peterpham and
People keep talking about Thiel paying a price; it’s not true. For example, the women who were assaulted by Trump paid a price; This is a useful comparison to measure Thiel against.
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Replying to @anildash @peterpham and
Thiel paid a price, it’s just not one that you’re taking into consideration because he’s still rich. The point I’m making is that doesn’t only affect Thiel, and that’s only a public example of something happening more with subtlety to people not in power
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Replying to @AustenAllred @peterpham and
I’m talking about Thiel as an avatar if this — he gets more money, more power, more access, and you think rational people say “I’m afraid that fate will befall me!”?
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Replying to @anildash @peterpham and
I’m telling you as someone who was in YC as that was happening that I saw and talked to a half dozen people who silenced themselves completely because they aren’t rich or powerful enough to withstand something similar happening to them. This isn’t hypothetical.
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Replying to @AustenAllred @peterpham and
What were the beliefs they felt they couldn’t articulate? (Being clear, these may or may not be your own.)
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Replying to @anildash @peterpham and
Off the top of my head: the proper role of the FDA, opinions on tax reform, immigration law and H1Bs, healthcare, actions taken by the CFPB, how to treat biomed samples of transgender people in a data set, and probably 100x more that I don’t know about.
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Replying to @AustenAllred
Well, I’d say these people are pretty inarticulate. I’m obviously a progressive but can construct a counterargument on any of these in 10 minutes. But (e.g.) “some people should die from treatable disease because they are poor” is always gonna engender criticism.
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Replying to @anildash @AustenAllred
I do sincerely think a large part of the issue is media filter bubbles; right wing media traffics in more obvious, direct untruths & it hurts the ability of conservatives to make arguments that don’t enrage or antagonize.
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Replying to @anildash @AustenAllred
(Nobody is going to believe an argument on healthcare is made in good faith if it’s backed up by sources that also asserted Obama is Kenyan.)
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