Wither thou goest, Mr. Williams, I will follow.
The petition has since racked up over 19,000 signatures as of Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, a counter petition has garnered more than 25,000 signatures.
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Boo dont need a petition.
#shondalandrules, Rhimes wrote on Twitter Monday.
Williams, who has along history in activism, has personally addressed the petition.
On Wednesday, he responded to a report stating that the petition had quadrupled in signatures.
Because you keep incessantly promoting their cowardly intolerance!
Not a single sane sentence in their claim.
NotOne, he tweeted.
On Sunday, he tweeted, Do not promote empty people & their tantrums.
Pure clickbait to gain followers, attention & money, for themselves, not you.
Words are only as good as the response to those words,Williams told PEOPLElast week.
But Id like to think that I give people a sense that they are not alone.
Watch Williams full speech below.
