Seems like a very nice guy in person, but then he didn't call me a racist in person.
I think maybe he's like I am in that I don't talk politics with anyone in person, if I can avoid it. No good ever comes of it, and there are so much more interesting things to talk about face to face.
The internet is more suited for heated discussions, which politics will always bring out. It's the nature of the beast. I've tried to have discussions with him, but maybe I trigger his rage for some reason.
He sees me as having lived on the greener side of the fence, and I see myself as having lived without a fence.
He's a glass-half-empty guy and I'm a glass-half-full guy.
I know from meeting him and his son that he's every bit as fortunate as I am in life, but while I'm happy about it he feels victimized about it.
But maybe that's just his screen persona.
It takes 2 sets of ears to have a discussion.