Try another approach, something along the lines of:
“Wow, that did come off sort of elitist didn't it, I am so sorry”
See, the fact that wasn't your first response speaks volumes, the fact the initial sentence came out so easily, as if just part of a natural conversation, only adds to it.
The fact you are now flailing not over your own words but what the other poster said...
Well...
It IS funny. Superiority complex much?...lol
I’m not flailing. If you refuse to see the difference between disagreeing on political positions, and labeling a intelligent, successful, personally uncompromised man as a “worthless POS,” I can’t help you.