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I could not lie any more. His dumbass idea that we need to preserve Jim Crow era memorials for his amorphous notion of "history" was bad enough. Really he is a fucking crypto racist and I cannot tolerate that any longer. To add insult to injury he "argued" that In was a hypocrite because I am not in favor of eliminating Auschwitz.
This man is a Jew For Jesus (Vegan for Meat). That should say it all.
I finally told him the truth, which is that I find his point of view to be despicable. He called me mentally ill, and launched into some other lovely ad hominem attacks. He of course gets pissed when I call his ad hominem ad hominem.
Now I'm getting the silent treatment.
I was troubled by retaining racist friends. I was troubled about being dishonest and not calling him what I know him to be: a really stupid bigot using his Evangelical bullshit as a crutch for his low IQ.
I didn't get that honest with him, yet.
Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)It's like teaching a pig to sing, it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)The only reason I have been friends with them is that we only speak a few times a year (on holidays, etc) and have known then for over 20 years. Oh well, I can not be silent or a hypocrite for that matter.
TexasProgresive
(12,158 posts)For some reason they cannot see anything but their point of view. Don't let it bother you-he closed the door not you.
Missn-Hitch
(1,383 posts)It's just really bizarre - their lack of any detectable amount of empathy. It's quite fascinating. Hang in there and let us know when you get "honest" with him. Take him out for a BLT.