It was an ignorant opening post.

For starters, everything he suggested isn't possible.

Chains? Really? Here's some news, they're illegal on the roads here. Why? It only snows about once a decade, and no more than a few inches.

Snow tires, or all season tires? Again, not even stocked in the stores, why would they be?

It was pure ignorance.

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - John Adams

Turdlike, by default.