the guy was more concerned with his sense of self-sufficiency than he was about being picked on.
the only way i can think that would happen, is if he actually enjoys being picked on.
but if more and more people constantly butt in, that's not how he gets his kicks. he'll become really frustrated with it, and eventually stop doing it. which is good because if all you do it for is to get a rise out of bigots, then there's something wrong with you and the worst thing you could do would be to feed that obsession by continuing to get rises out of bigots and dragging the reputation of the rest of the cross-dressing community down with you in the process.
my guess is that he was stuck in some kind of rut. in one way or another, you probably helped him out.
