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Is Peter Thiel still a Y Combinator partner?

90 points by voodoomagicman ↗ HN
Peter Thiel became a part time YCombinator partner in march 2015. [1] Thiel will serve as a delegate for Donald Trump and speak at his nominating convention. Among other things, Donald Trump has proposed banning muslim immigration and building a database of muslim americans.

Paul Graham has said that "We just cannot let Donald Trump become president. It would destroy this country." [2]

Sam Altman has said that "To anyone familiar with the history of Germany in the 1930s, it's chilling to watch Trump in action". [3]

[1] https://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter [2] https://twitter.com/paulg/status/727902623597105153 [3] http://blog.samaltman.com/trump

Obviously people with differing political beliefs can put them aside and work together, but these are some unusually strong statements from Graham and Altman. Thiel's participation in YCombinator also raises some troubling issues for potential founders. Are there any Latino or Muslim ycombinator founders? Are they expected to interact with Thiel?

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[dead] angersock
> Theil's participation in YCombinator also raises some troubling issues for potential founders.

Does it?

Nazi gold is still gold.

Entrepreneurs don't have the luxury of ideology.

jpeg_hero
Interested in getting a statement from sama or pg
MichaelBurge
Are people really going to go on a witch-hunt looking for Trump supporters now?
sb8244
Does changing "Trump supporters" to "racist bigots" change anything? I think that is the point OP makes. If one fully supports Trump, then another can easily extrapolate that one supports his major positions.
zorpner
Yes, of course. It's a strong moral imperative to challenge violent bigotry at every opportunity.
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stonogo
The difference between Graham/Altman and Thiel is: someone asked Thiel to speak at a political event. Graham and Altman suffer from severe Dunning-Kruger effect, specifically in the realm of politics.
throwaway274739
If he still is, then that's just sad, pathetic and hurtful.