I understand you’re upset about the election results. I empathize with you, but your actions towards me were not acceptable.

Have you ever considered that you completely missed the intention and meaning of my political analysis? Instead, you maliciously used your celebrity status and “privilege” to spread false information about me.

Isn’t that what Donald Trump and the media do to other people?

You are a celebrity and role model to millions of people, and you posted unfounded lies about my political identity and social status to over 82,000 people on Medium, and to over 3 million people on Twitter. You accused me of things I am not, never have been, and never will be.

Last week, instead of responding to the over 8.5 million views and the thousands of responses my article received, I had to deal with being harassed by your followers. You painted a target on my back to millions of people who were upset about the election.

Do you realize my friends and family have been reaching out to me because of your post?

My only intention was to bring people together, inform them, and help them to understand what just happened. My progressive values, which you decided to leave out of your blog post entirely, were trying to reach out and do some good at a time of unrest in this country. Did I interject some of my own analysis into it? Of course, it was political commentary. However, I only did so to tell a story, and the truth as I saw it.

Your blog post contained absolutely no value, and was hateful, intolerant, and overtly discriminatory; all based on a false reality you made up. This is exactly the kind of divisive rhetoric I was trying to make people realize is no longer acceptable.

I used to look up to you when I was younger, I should not have to tell you that the intention for what you wrote about me was wrong. Let alone factually inaccurate.

You sir, are part of the establishment.

The election is over.

Your behavior towards myself is a perfect example of the intolerance of the neo-liberal left. This kind of elitism is one of the reasons Hillary Clinton lost the election.

If you knew me, you would quickly realize that I don’t care about money. I focus my time and energy on trying to help people and create value for them. Money is just a necessary evil and side effect of helping others. I consider myself successful not because of how much money I’ve earned, but by how much good I’ve done for others.

Clearly, an entertainer such as yourself has no idea what it is like to run a tech startup, or dedicate your life to helping other people through technology.

With all of that said, I respectfully ask that you remove your post, and apologize.

The country is already divided enough, don’t blame me or other Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein supporters for Hillary Clinton’s failures as a candidate. We warned you, and you did not listen. Attacking us now is not the way forward. We are not your enemy.

We all need to stay focused on bringing people together peacefully right now. This is not the time for petty immature rhetoric, lies, and misinformation.

Libel isn’t cool bro.

Sincerely,

Trent Lapinski