Peter wrote one of the world's first books against political correctness. Wikipedia:

Thiel is the co-author, with David O. Sacks, and with a foreword by the late Emory University historian Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, of the 1995 book The Diversity Myth: 'Multiculturalism' and the Politics of Intolerance at Stanford, published by The Independent Institute. The book is critical of "political correctness" in higher education and the consequent dilution of academic rigor.

you guys know what he did to Gawker right? http://gawker.com/this-is-why-billionaire-peter-thiel-wants-to-end-gawker-1778734026

using money, power and influence to shut down any voices he doesn't like. Sound familiar?

I don't know what to do with this information. It causes cognitive dissonance in my head. I know that Peter Thiel is a follower and one of the major promoters (in the sense of giving money) of Rene Girard's teachings. You could look up Rene Girard. He is a Christian philosopher who has the best (in my opinion) insight into the evil-leaning human condition and a solution on how to combat evil, which is becoming aware of the evil instinct he calls mimetic desire. Becoming aware is often enough because you throw light on it and thus delay your automatic reaction, giving yourself enough time to react with your higher reason. I met Rene Girard on a couple of occasions and listened to him. He is a good person, and you immediately get this sense when you start reading one of his books. There should be one Peter Thiel - Rene Girard interview on Youtube from several year ago, maybe even ten or so.

This is why it's hard for me to accept that a thoroughly evil person would be spreading ideas of Rene Girard. It would be like shooting yourself in the foot. Perhaps Peter Thiel is not a perfect person and doesn't always do what preaches? I would be willing to accept this and put this issue on the back burner of my mind for now.

Trump also invited Thiel to be on his transition team. So maybe he knows that Thiel is basically good.