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> We can debate about whether it should be normal, but clearly it is, right?

I don't think it's even close to being normal. If it were, then this wouldn't have raised the firestorm it did.

>>JohnFe+(OP)
The firestorm is entirely because Tan is rich and Asian. There’s always been a taboo on “punching down,” but in recent years in certain circles politicians have moved positions in the hierarchy.

>>rayine+01
I thought the firestorm was because some who is ostensibly smart did something objectively not smart.

>>rayine+01
> The firestorm is entirely because Tan is rich and Asian.

I don't think the firestorm is because of either of those things. I think it's mostly because Tan is a powerful figure in the SV tech scene.

>>111010+Ux
I mean, that's part of it, but if look at the quality of some of the analogies being made on this thread, "objectively not smart" on its own is clearly not sufficient to cause a firestorm.