I don't believe he's a bad guy, even if we have pretty stark disagreements on certain topics. In fact, he's probably a pretty good fellow overall. I grew up probably on about the same privilege level as Rex, I wasn't the son of a banker (my parents were teachers) but my paternal grandparents were quite well off and my dad and I were both only children (before someone asks, yes I do have a brother as I've mentioned, we have different fathers and he was born when I was 16) so I reaped a LOT of benefit from that. I was also pretty conservative until I was nearly 30. Never been racist or homophobic but certainly spent a lot of time listening to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity on the radio nodding along like a dumbass.
And hell, I of all people have no room to call anyone out on being obnoxious/a dick in internet arguments.