George has since responded to critics — like TV host Bill Maher — who've been publicly condemning the hotel boycott and its effectiveness. "You can’t make the bad guys be good, but you can stop the good guys from being complicit," the actor wrote in a follow-up piece. "Let me just paint you a picture: 20 years from now, you or your kids are asked, 'Is it true that the guy that owned all of these great hotels was stoning gay people to death?' And you say 'yes.' The next question will be, 'And you still went there?'"