Because you don't view his statement as passive aggressive but as something completely different; So, I'm confused because I can't see how or why he'd say that to me, after the way he acted like such an asshole by not showing up and not texting me ahead of time to tell he wasn't going to even bother coming.

I do respect your difference of opinion, but I just can't agree with it b/c I can't see how there's any empathy from some 50 year old guy who didn't respect me enough to let me know ahead of time he wasn't going to meetup with me. So, that statement conflicts with his actions.