They remind people of the Hells, and what scares them, and that makes them stupid and ignorant. [He isn't even irked by it- if anything, he's amused at how small-minded people can be, because while it can get very ugly very fast if people want to cast blame on a person, for the most part it's just subtle racism. And he'll do with that what he feels like, because they deserve it.]

But thank you. The ones who think like you do are precisely the kind of people I actually want to be around, and it saves me so much time in skipping pretense. [His grin goes very smug.] It's useful in its own way, too. I can cut right to the heart of a person with one look.