I said it in the other comment to him. He is lying or suffering cognitive dissonance. You cannot rectify his statements in another way, beyond the third optio

I said it in the other comment to him. He is lying or suffering cognitive dissonance. You cannot rectify his statements in another way, beyond the third option that calls his mental faculties into question. I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt and assuming he’s mentally all there, but that leads to my aforementioned options for them.