This shit just infuriates me. Just pure debate-bro idealism. You don't need to fucking go to the first principles and ground your axioms for every fucking issue. Sometimes, you can just agree that racism = bad. Like, no, fuck off, no one has to explain to you why racism is bad. Fuck off. Why do you think racism is bad?
Just calling him Ian is a great touch, I'm going to start doing that.
He looks like the type of guy who would pronounce it as 'eye-an' to stand out.