He was the king of obfuscation. We were bitterly opposed on politics and economics and, like I said, he would sooner obfuscate the issue than debate the schwerpunkt, but I could always count on him to give me something to debate about.
I've never met anyone who actually brags about being ignorant on a topic, let alone make the claim being knowledgeable on a topic is a burden that blinds one from thinking for themselves...