What he indicated was that he would not go out of his way to help the guy which is totally different. He is putting the guy in a position of suceeding or failing on his own merits (or lack thereof).
There is nothing wrong with keeping to yourself. I live in an ultra red state with a lot of Conservatives and/or Republicans. When I deal with them at work I keep it pretty much to work topics only and try to minimize my contact with that group of people beyond what is absolutely necessary. It helps to keep your BP down. 
I have learned from experience that sometimes you need to put a person on the road to self discovery (when he or she isn't willing to listen to you when you are actually giving them good information or advice). I had a boss one time who I tried to alert him to a situation in our Department and he was not interested. A situation arose where I had the oppotunity to put him in on the path to finally see what I had been trying to tell him all along. I sat back and watched the explosion when it happened. It was funny. Hey I had tried to warn him and he wouldn't listen. That was not the first time that I had to do it to the guy. If it comes to a situation that is really harmful to the organization I cannot sit back and do nothing. I will find a covert way to handle it to handle the sitation that prevents disaster with people never realizing what I did.
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