NICK DENTON, PETER THIEL, AND THE PLOT TO MURDER GAWKER

Nick Denton, libertarian!

Gawker loathed libertarians. Infamously so.

> The enemy is stagnation, and the vested interests that ensure stagnation

That is an interesting thing for Denton to say, but does he believe it or was he just trying to press Thiel's buttons?

I find Denton hard to understand. If he was really interested in the Technological Stagnation Hypothesis then why the sabotage? Does not compute. I saw a constant stream of attacks, personal and professional directed at anybody doing anything useful and I suspect he was Washington's Judas goat.

>Nick Denton Gawker's founding rogue, and Peter Thiel, his arch-nemesis

I think this is giving Denton much more credit than he deserves, he isn't anywhere near to being a credible "archnemesis" to Peter Thiel...

Denton had made a business interfering with people's privacy and selling his tabloid to a thirsty for blood neo-progressive audience. Now that his gossiping has been exposed for what it is, and that he does not have the ability to usurp the name of journalist anymore, we can see the emperor is naked.