DrDross,
As one of the "resident liberals" on on here, I've come to be able to see when Archie is being his "anti-liberal self," as to when he's asking a sincere question with no politics included. From reading y'all's exchange, above, I feel compelled to interject that, from my experience with Archie, this is one of those times when he was simply asking if you'd taken her horseback riding, catching night-crawlers, camping, etc. I do believe that you jumped to the wrong conclusion regarding Archie's question.

That you took it to think he was trying to insult you, I think is because of previous personal attacks on your politics. I, too, have had my political differences with Archie, but, outside of politics, I think he's a really decent guy. He's simply, how can I say this,... "different," politically, as are most all of the conservative on here. LOL. Irrespective of our politics, actually, most folks on here are decent folks. Take politics away and I'd say, I could/would be good friends with about 90% of the people on here. That includes Archie, too.

There are a few on here whose throat I wouldn't piss down if their guts were on fire, because of how they've treated me, and others, plus for the crass language they enjoy using, 100% of the time. Those few are "lost causes" who have no desire to debate or exchange ideas in a meaningful and respectful way. They only exist to insult, demean and foster lies, bigotry and innuendo, regarding anyone they disagree with. Those few couldn't care less about what truth is. If it doesn't match with their prejudices, the truth can't be truth; even if it was spoken by Jesus, Himself. I've come to the conclusion that most of them most be the members of the 10's of thousands of Russian trolls who are paid to spread fake news and lies. After you've Ben on here for as long as I have, you'll learn which ones I'm talking about.