"Clarification" - yes, that is arrogant, having nothing to do with baseball or this board. Do you ask a transgender person to clarify why they're that way, or a minority to clarify why they feel persecuted? People have different worldviews, different experiences, etc - it's not all going to make sense to you and ffs it doesn't have to. Just accept that everyone is different. Sorry to get up on my own soapbox but the need to have people's preferences makes sense to YOU really rubs me the wrong way.
as for you being a dick, I don't know you so I wouldn't think that (though notti is certainly a dick, lol). But I suspect from your posts that you're an earnest guy and that you dislike cynicism. No harm in that. But I think you too often confuse pragmatism/realism with cynicism, when reality isn't to your liking. Just my take based on your posts on here.