One doesn't have to defend Gawker to think that what Peter Theil did was atrocious.
So... you think what Gawker did was bad, but Thiel was wrong to stop it?
Gawker did a bad thing, and Thiel funded a massive lawsuit to bury them. Thiel did it because he wanted to silence press that had wronged him. He didn't do it because he wanted to be a savior.