The highlight is our mutual friend ElvisL1ves taking extreme offense at my use of the expression “having the wolf by the ears” in reference to the Israel-Palestine situation on the WB. He took this to mean Israelis literally thought Palestinians were subhuman, and could not be moved from this POV.
So yes, I think you are quite accurate - he’s simply too stupid to understand what is under discussion (or alternatively, deliberately plays being stupid for laughs).