from his reply he said "so what you're saying is that you can't think for yourself", telling me that (a) someone's making my decisions (b) he doesn't need anyone to sway his daily actions because...why, because he thinks that the things he's doing are right (I'm not saying he's wrong, and I don't know him, just making a statement based on what he said).

I'm not talking about him personally, he's probably a great guy, who knows.