One ought not to get wound up over what fictional characters say, but what if the character in question has the same name as his creator?
Lizard: Five thousand years of selective pressure against pride and ego battered them into a race of bitter, nervous, hate-filled, self-loathing xenophobes.
Jon: They became libertarians?
Heaven knows I have my share of bitter, nervous self-loathing – but hate-filled xenophobe? Where the hell did that come from?
Later: So I asked Jon. Seems his notion of a libertarian is someone who lives in an isolated cabin and shoots at trespassers. Maybe I gave him a broader idea of the concept. At his request I suggested a couple of works of fiction.
Nine and a half years later, Jon blocked me on Twitter for this.