I'm not really sure the writer's intent there, if he was actually meant to come off slightly prejudice, but a lot of the time I got the impression he was trying to single the Inquisitor out. Especially with the Dalish in a romance, right up to the point of offering to remove the vallaslin, which is deliberately setting them apart from their identity as Dalish. He keeps alluding to the fact that he thinks the IQ is different or unique (if you don't go out of your way to earn his disapproval, that is).
I think part of it is that he sees individuals first and distrusts groups with power. That might be mistaken for bigotry. But maybe he wants the IQ to see themselves that way, so that they aren't careless with their power? Remember how he says an individual can walk away from power but a group never can.
Or it might be that, like Javik, he is a relic of the past and is the product of an ancient empire. He has wisdom that has been forgotten. But as open minded as he is, he still has a certian perspective from another era. I think that if we could go back in time IRL to meet some of the philosophers and political figures who paved the way for ideas about freedom, we would find a lot of problematic things about them by today's standards. Probably with every last one of them.
He's an exceptionalist - like you say, he values the individual above the group. Which is...ok, but when you painting the rest of the group with a broad brush for good or bad it's just not ok. It's a character flaw. All of the companions have them. Again, my earlier point stands, are you ok with him saying these things? I am not generally, but you see through interactions he is learning and changing and growing. Which was why I could stomach his more **** comments. I think this was intentional. He's from another time and his opinions are colored by a lot of different things we don't know. So it makes them somewhat understandable, but you don't have to tolerate them 100% of the time. Honestly, my Lavellan, would have said something to him. She doesn't know what he is. To her he is just a hobo elf. But she respected him enough and trusted the relationship enough to know that she could come to him and speak to him honestly about this. Frankly, it's sort of sad you couldn't because it really could have been a powerful moment in the relationship with him. Even as a friend. It is likely, at the end, he will see he's wrong about this time. That's probably going to be his big...THING. You already start to see the wheels moving in his head when he's talking to Varric.
Regarding the bolded: This is just false. Truly. As far back as the Romans there were people in power that were anti-slavery. There are dozens of examples in the American Revolution -- figures that were highly influential in the bid for freedom that likely would be considered incredibly liberal in today's society - and likely ignored by the right wing because of their stance on social issues. Yes, there are philosophers and leaders who were influential for "freedom", that were also garbage people by today's standards, but it's highly likely a lot of their peers thought they were as well. Sorry, I just need this thing to die. It's used as such a hand-wavey excuse for real-life politics as a free pass to be a total *******. As I said it's actually completely historically inaccurrate. Like children getting married in the "middle ages" or rape being "common" (which is what the GoT writers used as an excuse for this last terrible season). Spoiler: It wasn't ok then and it's not ok now. [not saying you're an *******, i just don't think it's a good lens at which to view Solas and excuse some of his character flaws. he has them, celebrate that he's well written and complicated. it's ok to be ok with him. i am. i am huge samson fan and dude is a **** up. so...you know.]
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They happen from time to time here...with less frequency now than a few months ago but it still happens. Likely will pick up when we get the DLC/Expanision thing and we know the end.
When I first saw it come up on my dash I thought it was some kind of blood kink play. 
