Having read the post a few times, I never found where he actually supported his post title that the "haters" were "hypocrites". He discusses how they are wrong, shortsighted, or what have you but I'm not clear why the naysayers are hypocrites.
Agreed. I understand why he posted a response to his critics, but he really dropped the ball on the delivery and argument. He seems to have targeted a small subset (the why don't you travel and see things crowd) and goes on to beat that straw man to death.