Mark Zuckerberg has taken to his preferred social network to defend longtime board member and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel.
Responding to “concerns about Peter Thiel as a board member and a Trump supporter,” Zuckerberg wrote in an internal Facebook post, presumably this week, “We can't create a culture that says it cares about diversity and then excludes almost half the country because they back a political candidate. There are many reasons a person might support Trump that do not involve racism, sexism, xenophobia, or accepting sexual assault. It may be because they believe strongly in smaller government, a different tax policy, health care system, religious issues, gun rights or any other issue where he disagrees with Hillary.”
Zuckerberg&039;s full post is below. Facebook confirmed its authenticity to BuzzFeed News.
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The “Zhang” in the top right corner has not been identified. BuzzFeed News has reached out to the people who liked the post for comment.
Zuckerberg&039;s remarks recall what Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator and a friend of Thiel&039;s, told BuzzFeed News on Sunday: “It is possible to simultaneously maintain the positions that I think Trump would be absolutely terrible — the most unfit candidate I have ever seen from a major party to be president — and also that the right thing to do with people who disagree with you is not to shun them and cut off ties.”
Quelle: <a href="Mark Zuckerberg Defends Peter Thiel In Leaked Facebook Post“>BuzzFeed
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