if he was "making [...] denigrating comments about the homeless" then it would be obviously wrong. that's really not what we are discussing here - it's certain

if he was "making [...] denigrating comments about the homeless" then it would be obviously wrong. that's really not what we are discussing here - it's certainly not what i felt (i would have simply flamed away if that were the case). in general, saying "it's not [some extreme caricature of a position]" isn't much use in arguing against anything, and doesn't really help anyone much...