Peter Thiel: Ban is not religious test

[danjoc]

Obama kills Muslims with drones, even an American kid, without due process. Nobody bats an eye. Trump refuses entry to countries where we already ban encryption exports and block trade. Everybody loses their minds.

[dragonwriter]

> Obama kills Muslims with drones, even an American kid, without due process. Nobody bats an eye.

The second sentence is not grounded in reality, which is ko d of fatal to the entire argument you are trying to build on that premise.

[ncr100]

Trump just killed an American kid this past Sunday: http://www.businessinsider.com/awlaki-killed-seal-team-6-rai... and a member of Seal Team 6, and many additional non-combatants while attempting to capture al Qaeda computers.

[andriesm]

Peter Thiel remains an epic and inspirational figure, brave enough to zag when others zig. And become a billionaire by doing this. A real hero to me.

[dhfhduk]

Thank you, Peter, for clearing that up. We were all waiting for your rational and level-headed insight to know what to think about these sorts of matters. The language of the EO mentioned religion, but obviously if you think that's not what was meant, that's not what was meant. Now we can all sigh a breath of relief and go about our lives. What would we do without people like Peter?

[afewgoodman]

It's not a religion ban. Indonesia has the largest population of Muslims on earth, at 200+ million. Not one of them is banned from America. Only immigrants from countries with direct ties to terrorism are banned, temporarily.

Once gain, it has nothing to do with religion. It's geographical. You can be a Christian in Iraq, and you would be ban too.

[draw_down]

Come on.

[nickthemagicman]

Fuck you Peter Thiel. I realized you were a major douche when you supported Trump's madness while simultaneously BECOMING A NEW ZEALAND CITIZEN.

After you guys rob the country blind y'all have a nice escape hatch and just leave the mess y'all made to the rest of us.