Am I Missing Something?

Today I was driving home and a bicyclist decides to dart out in front of me, causing me to swerve into the other lane (good thing I was driving the speed limit and there wasn't someone in the lane next to me) in order to avoid him. I predictably honked my horn, and he gave me the finger. Am I missing something? Would he have preferred me to plow right through him instead? I guess he wouldn't have given me the finger, but that doesn't strike would be his preferred outcome.