On Y Combinator’s Defense of Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel speaking at the RNC. Doug Mills/The New York Times

Yesterday news broke that Peter Thiel had pledged $1.25MM to support Republican nominee Donald Trump. Since Mr. Thiel himself isn’t active on social media, social media went after both Paul Graham and Sam Altman of Y Combinator—a startup accelerator that lists Mr. Thiel as a part-time partner.

Mr. Altman wrote about 10 tweets summing up his personal response last night. This one stuck with me.