He apologized for making such an extreme comparison. Said he was just trying to understand where I was coming from. idk I was just putting up mental walls at the time, but the more and more I replay what happened, I just feel worse and worse.

I'm sorry you had to deal with that bullshit. People need to learn that they don't need to understand fucking everything. Just doing their best to be respectful is literally the bar. It is not hard to clear.