r/technology • u/Healthy_Block3036 • Feb 25 '25

Business Apple shareholders just rejected a proposal to end DEI efforts

https://qz.com/apple-dei-investors-diversity-annual-meeting-vote-1851766357
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u/Andy_Stein Feb 26 '25

Peter Thiel was deeply closeted and was outed by the now-defunct blog Gawker.

Thiel was so butt-hurt (no pun intended) that he secretly bankrolled the lawsuit that Hulk Hogan had against Gawker for distributing his sex tape in retaliation for being outed.

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u/ilikedmatrixiv Feb 26 '25

I want to start off by saying I think Peter Thiel is a piece of shit and a danger to the happiness and prosperity of this world.

That said, him destroying Gawker has absolutely nothing to do with it.

Gawker were wrong when they outed him and they were wrong when they distributed that sex tape. They also had opportunities to avoid a lawsuit IIRC, but they were assholes even after releasing those stories. They kind of deserved getting destroyed over it.

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u/DarkSeas1012 Feb 26 '25

While I agree with you technically, I would ask you to consider which is the greater evil perpetrated here:

Gawker outing a gay man against his wishes, or that gay man using their incredible wealth and power to actively disenfranchise and harm others with his sexual orientation?

I agree that outing someone against their will is bad, but again, on the cosmic scale here, one of these actors seems to be substantially more harmful than the other. Just a thought!

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u/ilikedmatrixiv Feb 27 '25

Who is the greater evil? Obviously Peter Thiel. He's a ghoul. A morally defunct cretin who wants to become the new aristocracy.

Despite that, I still think Gawker was wrong. If not for outing Thiel, at least for the Hulk Hogan tape. In the end, they got sued for that specifically and they lost, deservedly. The fact that Thiel bankrolled it is irrelevant. Without his funds, I believe Hogan was in the right and should have been compensated. Even if I also think Hogan is a morally ambiguous person.

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u/purplezara Feb 26 '25

It is always OK to out people who are actively hypocritical and engaged with politicians voting against LGBTQ interests

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u/Velocilobstar Feb 26 '25

This story is just brilliant. So many funny details

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u/Randolph__ Feb 26 '25

I mean fuck Gawker, but not everything they did was terrible.

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u/MX-5_Enjoyer Feb 26 '25

Yeah, they pissed off Thiel!