[dragonwriter]

> > “He is not a partner,” Manalac said. “He never has been. [...]”

> why doesn't he resign his partnership and move on?

Because to resign his partnership, he'd first have to be a partner.

[jkelsey]

What are you talking about? Yes he is: http://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter/

[dragonwriter]

> What are you talking about?

I'm quoting the statement from YC Partner Kat Manalac in TFA, which was also quoted in the post I was responding to.

If you want to ask why YC is denying that he has ever been a partner now after welcoming him as a "part-time partner" previously, well, you'd have to ask someone else.

But it doesn't make sense to quote a statement about how he never has been a partner and respond to it with a question about why he doesn't resign his partnership.

[jkelsey]

It does make sense. Y Combinator has a relationship with Thiel. He's been declared as a partner many times in the past; now they're saying he's not. That's why I'm asking the rhetorical question. I'm afraid you're taking the passage quoted here and removing all other context.