From an outside perspective, I don't think it's worth continuing the discussion as is. Perhaps you should both come back in a few hours when everyone is a bit calmer.
No, this is an important distinction. Bitcoin isn't liquid enough to count as actual money and proponents of the idea that sending bitcoin is the same as sending money are glossing over the cost to buy bitcoin, and the cost of transferring it back to actual money on the other side.
Having access to 30K BTC doesn't do you much good if nobody is willing to trade you goods or real money for it on the other side.
Seeing how Americans Elected Trump, I can't imagine the USD being better than BTC over 10 years.