"I may leave more to be desired with my tact but unless I suffered a severe head injury, I would know the difference between being honest and being insulting." The way he saw it, he told the truth and sometimes people didn't want to hear it. That's what led to his troubles. He asked questions, he wanted to know motives. People didn't like to give those up. Perhaps they didn't even want to think about what the reasons were behind what they wanted. Perhaps they wouldn't like what they saw.