Palmer Luckey, the inventor of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, was revealed to be the anonymous billionaire behind Nimble America, a pro-Donald Trump group.
Luckey began trending on Twitter earlier today as journalists, game developers, and techies expressed their anger over Luckey’s political alignment.
https://twitter.com/owengood/status/779172633611042816
https://twitter.com/danhett/status/779231959524470784
https://twitter.com/RupertMyers/status/779233696301871104
apologies to anyone i ever called a manchild cuz palmer luckey puts you all to shame
— NEET Life 🇸🇾 (@cogsdev) September 23, 2016
Palmer Luckey sounds like the name of a highly inbred descendant of the South's laziest and stupidest slaveowner
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) September 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/Alshie/status/779239172649394176
So, HTC Vive then? – https://t.co/eM9Jab9j7l
— Jorge Albor (@JAlbor) September 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/MarkOnFire/status/779324679215419392
Yep, always figured him for an asshole.
— Frank Diaz 🎮 (@realityengine) September 23, 2016
Scandal: Oculus Rift creator is using his fortune to support Trump. I wonder what Zuckerberg thinks about that. https://t.co/ZfZPjp5iBH
— Mickaël Godard (@mickaelgodard) September 23, 2016
palmer luckey—who's getting taken to court for allegedly lying/stealing oculus tech (https://t.co/3FOObuGww8)—digs trump? yep, that tracks
— Maddy 'MIDI' Myers 🌈 (@MIDImyers) September 23, 2016
I wonder if one of Palmer Luckey's stupid Hawaiian shirts and one of Notch's hats are going to fuse into an impossible internet dick monster
— Anthony John Agnello (@ajohnagnello) September 23, 2016
Oh, look. Another tech industry darling is outed as a White Supremacist "troll". https://t.co/JOxX4LzD57
— Izzy Galvez (@iglvzx) September 23, 2016
My HTC Vive review:
1. Good immersion
2. Comfortable headset
3. Not invented by an obscenely rich pissbaby edgelord— chris person (@Papapishu) September 23, 2016
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is spending big on anti-Hillary memes, is a colossal piece of shit. https://t.co/xCQfuMuTyi via @Polygon
— Brian Erice (@BrianSaysStuff) September 23, 2016
Lucas Nolan is a conservative who regularly contributes articles on censorship and free speech to Breitbart. Follow him on Twitter@LucasNolan_ or email him at lucas@yiannopoulos.net
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