Thiel and Hogan didn’t just take down Gawker, they dealt free speech a worrying blow.
What they were doing wasn’t free speech. Thiel and Hogan didn’t take down Gawker. Gawker took itself down. A judge said they had to remove the video. They refused to comply with the judge’s order. Now they are bankrupt. No one to blame with themselves.
Also, what’s pro-Trump got to do with it?
Heck, it wasn’t like they even stood their ground on a good sex tape, like the Pamela Anderson one or something.
Nobody wanted to see Hulk Hogan’s sextape!