He's right. You are not a mindless automaton and so they jealous. They are jealous, not only of your creativity and intelligence but also that you have a life that has nothing to do with them and that your work for them is not the most important thing you do. I like Laz already and I haven't even met him.
If anyone needs to experiment with those clippers I think we are all off quarantine for now. Yes, a non-violent activist would be a good example. I'm so glad you don't have my grandkids hooked on the garbage that hollyweird spews out. That guy in the statue, Lt Zebulon Pike, is likely your shirt-tail relation.
You make a good point I hadn't noticed before. That is very bad gun safety and just doing a quick google image search that is the pose he uses, finger on trigger.