Peter Thiel Is a Proud Opponent of Free Speech
Free speech is only okay if Peter Thiel likes it.
Modern day robber baron Peter Thiel has confirmed that he has been funding Terry “Hulk Hogan” Bollea’s lawsuits against Gawker Media. In an interview with The New York Times, Thiel comes off as quite proud of it, too.
Thiel told the Times that Gawker’s posts about him were “very painful and paralyzing” and that funding lawsuits against the site was “less about revenge and more about specific deterrence.”
“I saw Gawker pioneer a unique and incredibly damaging way of getting attention by bullying people even when there was no connection with the public interest,” added Thiel.
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