I think crusty curmudgeon is an accurate description . Essentially , just toes the party line for whatever right leaning argument is going on . I ' ve seen him debate some high priority items like transit and he sounds like your uneducated uncle who is harking back to the 90 s . <| sep |> I had something similar happen to me in residency . The cafeteria was closed for some reason , but they opened and had catered food . So for lunch I walked in to get some turkey , and they said , No , you can ' t eat here . It is only for patient ' s families . I didn ' t do anything that day , but every time that institution has asked me to donate money since , I have told them the story , and then said , I think you know how much money I will donating to this year for the Holidays .