[digitalzombie]

> Well, he is an investor who has a history of causing financial damage to whole countries by betting against their currencies.

So you're judging him on the fact that he plays Forex and short?

If they didn't want that then it should be made illegal. This is a dubious statement.

[mc32]

It's not a judgement. It's just a fact. And the possibility exists he'd exact the same thing on a target like FB. It's just prudent on their part to look at the seriousness of the implications.

[astronautjones]

> And the possibility exists he'd exact the same thing on a target like FB.

thinking that this is possible is disingenuous and such a conservative fever dream.

[mc32]

So Sheryll is now a conservative? Uhhuh.

[astronautjones]

please see the great Tom Scocca's commentary - https://mobile.twitter.com/tomscocca/status/1068351171654549...

[chokolad]

Apparently also anti-Semite.

[jamesrcole]

I have no idea whether she is or not, but statements like that require some sort of source. Hearsay accusations are toxic.

[buboard]

Why not? The guy has a history of pretty much continously manipulating markets for own gain by damaging foreign economies. That makes his attempts at political manipulation extremism suspicious