Gawker shutting down

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The reason Thiel had a grudge against Gawker is perfectly valid, they outed him without his consent. And they have outed plenty of other gays for years quite irresponsibly. Yeah, good riddance.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The reason Thiel had a grudge against Gawker is perfectly valid, they outed him without his consent. And they have outed plenty of other gays for years quite irresponsibly. Yeah, good riddance.

I think Peter Thiel's sexual orientation is very much a public matter when he supports the Republican Party, one of the most virulently anti-gay parties in the West.

Exposing the hypocrisy of the rich and powerful is what journalists have always done.

You're acting like Thiel is the ONLY one: http://www.vox.com/2015/7/17/8992155/gawker-outing-gay-people

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Look Thiel is not the real issue here. He might be if he was the only person Gawker outed, but that's very far from the case. Gawker might even be responsible for at least one suicide for f[inks] sake. Is being able to see a Hulk Hogan sex tape that important?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The main thing here is Gawker wasn't simply a "stupid tabloid". It was an EVIL site. It ruined lives and might've been responsible for at least one suicide.

Gawker wasn't just inane and low-brow, it was a destructive force of evil.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's worth noting that the laws on libel/slander and this sort of thing overall in the US are very skewed in favor of the defendant in comparison to most countries (Hustler v. Falwell anyone?), the fact that Gawker even lost is notable to just how far they went.