Alright Wil, you got my attention.

You do realize your entire rebuttal is based on the logical fallacy of blaming the messenger?

You completely ignored my intention, and message, and instead are trying to personally attack me based on assumptions with absolutely no facts. Your entire post is essentially libel. Not cool.

First and foremost, I am a PROGRESSIVE libertarian. I believe in equality, social justice, and a have a long history of defending and standing up against injustice. I did not vote for Trump, I voted for a woman for President, although I did not vote for the woman you and the establishment wanted me to. So you just attacked me without reason for sharing the same belief system you obviously believe in. Hope you’re feeling proud of yourself for that one buddy. *Face palm*

Secondly, I was born in San Francisco, and raised in the Bay Area. I am not a tech bro. I do not work for major tech companies, and I did not raise venture capitol. I bootstrapped my business to over $1 million in revenue, with a diversified team from around the world, and sacrificed plenty to accomplish what I did. I started with a laptop, and a mattress on the floor.

I have no shame for being a self-made person. My “privilege” had little to do with my success, it was all from behind a computer and no one knew who I was or what color my skin was. I don’t have childhood fame to bank off of for the rest of my life, I actually have to work for a living.

Thirdly, I did not disclose what I sold my company for, and reality is so far from what you’re accusing me of it is absurd. Almost everything went to my team, and business expenses. I did not profit personally, because unlike your assumption I’m not an asshole.

My company also gave our products away for free, we only charged for support and premium features. My company helped millions of people launch tens of millions of websites mostly for free. The amount of good I’ve done in this world with my last startup is incalculable.

If you knew me, you would also 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.

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

You’re clearly projecting your own guilt upon me for being a privileged white male, and that’s just so insanely absurd I don’t even want to touch it with a 10-foot poll. You have no right to attack me when you have no idea what my financial situation is, and even if it was what you’re hilariously purposing were true, does it really matter? Are you seriously going to judge me for what you think is in my bank account? What does that say about you?

Lastly, you might not remember me, but you and I worked together at SuicideGirls 10-years ago. I had a tech column while you were a blogger for them. Back then I used to look up to you, but I guess that was a mistake because clearly you’re just a selfish prick with nothing better to do than attack someone with a similar belief system as yourself who came from a similar background who was trying to help educate and inform people during a period of unrest in this country.

Meanwhile, your post accomplishes nothing but further spreading hate, misinformation, and completely fails to provide any kind of value to the world.

Or was this just an attempt to piggyback off my traffic and selfishly steal some for yourself? No wonder you voted for Hillary, you clearly have the same questionable judgement, and morals.

My official response: Dear Wil Wheaton: Make Peace Not War, Progressives Are Not Your Enemy