Thiel: Fake Culture Wars Only Distract Us From Our Economic Decline, by Tim Hains.

Paypal founder and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Peter Thiel spoke on the fourth night of the 2016 Republican National Convention.

“I am proud to be gay. I am proud to be a Republican. But most of all I am proud to be an American,” he said. The crowd erupted with a standing ovation that turned into a short chant of “USA! USA! USA!”

“I don’t pretend to agree with every plank in our party’s platform. But fake culture wars only distract us from our economic decline,” he said. “When I was a kid, the great debate was about how to defeat the Soviet Union. And we won. Now we are told that the great debate is about who gets to use which bathroom. This is a distraction from our real problems. Who cares?”

“Instead of going to Mars, we invaded the Middle East,” he said. “Donald Trump is right. It’s time to end the era of stupid wars and rebuild our country.”

Brilliant. Well said sir.

Liberal Journalists Seethe With Hatred on Twitter When Republicans Applaud Gay Speaker at RNC, by Aleister.

Last night at the Republican convention, PayPal founder Peter Thiel got a standing ovation from the audience when he said he was a proud gay man, Republican and American.

This moment sent panic waves through liberal circles because the left thinks it owns the gay vote.

The reaction from some liberal journalists on Twitter was to lash out with hatred. Remember, these are the same people who regularly call conservatives “haters.” … [many examples]

What you are seeing here is fear.

The left doesn’t want Republicans to appear like loving and tolerant people because that completely destroys their narrative.