IDK? Maybe he was one of those "liberal" types ...gay rights, save the planet, anti-gun, you get the picture.
Or another thought...? When the recession hit a lot of American based companies closed up and moved back to the USA. Maybe he lost a job? I get that, ( moving back)I'd do the same thing, take care of your own first sort of a thing.
Maybe I'm kind of unique in that my wife is American as is all her family so I fit in?
Or maybe he was from Quebec? I've noticed they are not to popular south of the border!
Lots around here share that opinion too!