Asked? - "Repeatedly insulted" doesn't sound very characteristic to me, though he was inclined, in my opinion, not to suffer bigotry or theological foolishness gladly. .
Admittedly I very rarely, if ever, felt required to turn the other cheek where Invictus was converned. I got the impression that when HE was targetted he didn't always turn the other cheek, as my previous post indicated.
And I deeply regret allowing myself to be goaded. Some people may not have seen everything that was written before posts were deleted, and may be judging content based only on what they saw.