Emmeran wrote:

Awesome

“I saw Gawker pioneer a unique and incredibly damaging way of getting attention by bullying people even when there was no connection with the public interest,” [Thiel] said.

One:  I agree with him about Gawker, though it's very stupid of him, and oddly revealing, to claim they "pioneered" muckraking and mudslinging.
Two:  However, his reaction to/vendetta against Gawker Media is massive overkill.  He couldn't (or didn't want to) sue them outright, so he tries to bankrupt them while keeping his name out of it?  Fuck him; I hope he goes broke.
Three:  That kind of underhanded sneakiness is the kind of behavior one would expect from a major closet case.