Tolerance! Journos mock gay Republican Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel's appearance at #RNCinCLE

Doug P. | 11:05 PM on July 21, 2016

Venture capitalist and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel spoke at the Republican convention and delivered a rousing speech:

.@peterthiel: "I am proud to be gay, I am proud to be Republican, but most of all I am proud to be an American." pic.twitter.com/Y2s8TKLiBg

— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 22, 2016

Here’s a prediction that didn’t take long to come to fruition:

Pro-GOP gay Thiel is about to experience same liberal tolerance shown to pro-GOP women and pro-GOP minorities. #gopconvention

— Razor (@hale_razor) July 22, 2016

Being gay and a Republican just doesn’t fit the liberal mold, and some journos couldn’t let it slide:

They applaud Peter Thiel because they think conversion therapy will fix him.

— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) July 22, 2016

It's nice that the convention applauded Peter Thiel, "proud to be gay." Now back to the regularly scheduled anti-LGBT programming…

— Joe Conason (@JoeConason) July 22, 2016

We just can't with this: Peter Thiel tells GOP Convention: "I am proud to be gay" https://t.co/TEpNXrEX8v

— HuffPost Queer Voices (@huffpostqueer) July 22, 2016

And yet liberals can easily reconcile things when Hillary Clinton claims to fight “for the children” but backs Planned Parenthood 100 percent.

Thiel’s battle against Gawker was also mentioned:

Peter Thiel conveniently omits mentioning he wants to wipe @Gawker off the face of the Earth.

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) July 22, 2016

Great that Peter Thiel says he's proud to be gay & American – also notable he funded lawsuits to bankrupt Gawker for writing he was gay.

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) July 22, 2016