Red Hawke is more about being a no-nonsense person with no patience for putting up with cutesy bullshit or enabling disingenuous people who like to delude themselves, than it is about being an asshole just for the sake of it.
2015 September 23, HawkeThisHawkeThat, Reddit[2]:
Red Hawke's deadpan delivery was one of the most hilarious moments in the game for me haha.