Thiel is a libertarian and he has recently earned the label of "someone who talks to someone who is connected to someone who has the label Nazi". That makes him colloquially "on the wrong side of politics"

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/03/18/white-nationa...

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/books/review/the-contrari...