Gawker shutting down

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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.

But this thing would have played out the same way regardless of whether Thiel's grudge was righteous. That's the dangerous thing.

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Nobody who's troubled by this is wallowing in pity for Gawker. I actually think it's a lot more troubling that Gawker is unsympathetic, because it's made a bunch of people who would otherwise be up in arms about Thiel's actions into his tacit supporters.

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Nobody who's troubled by this is wallowing in pity for Gawker.

See that's not actually true is it? Besides while I agree that there are troubling aspects to what Thiel did, that was equally true of Gawker's actions. They tried to use the fundamental economic inequalities built into the US legal system as well, it's just that it blew up in their faces.

I honestly have no idea what you mean, nor do I see where anybody is wallowing in pity for Gawker.

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Saw this Gawker comment on this issue, which was pretty great:

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This is certainly true, but does it excuse everything Thiel did afterwards? I don't know that there's any argument to be made that it does.