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[quote=Anonymous]My dad (age 75) is originally from a small central European country, but he's lived in the US for over 40 years now.  He is extremely conservative, pessimistic, and negative and I disagree with him on most political and social issues. He believes there's a Jewish conspiracy to rule the world, the Holocaust never happened, 9-11 was an inside job, America will be dead in 50 years and all white people will be slaves (that's his newest one), and so on.  He buys into these pseudoscientific theories that his native country is the source of all human civilization and culture and that there is a worldwide conspiracy to destroy it.  Talking to him is exhausting.  I'll call to say hello and see how he's doing, and he'll launch into his tirades about "what's really going on today" and how "the younger generation needs to wake up and see what's happening before it's too late."  We could be talking about the kids, the weather, home repairs, cooking, gardening, or whatever, and he'll go off.  I have to hold the phone away from my ear and steer the conversation back to safer territory.  I've long since given up trying to engage with him or reason with him on anything related to current events, social issues, or politics because instead of a conversation or friendly debate, it turns into him screaming and lecturing about his conspiracy theories and I can't get a word in.  He complains about "what America has become" and I am always tempted to tell him to move back to his country if he's so unhappy, but the truth is he'd never be able to live there anymore because it has changed so much from when he was younger.  It's gotten to the point where I dread talking to him. We were at my brother's house for a 4th of July barbecue and some other friends were in attendance as well.  One of them asked some innocent questions about my dad's native country (big mistake) - he started going off on how his country has been persecuted and oppressed, but "they don't teach this in the schools, all they teach is the Holocaust."  And with that, my brother jumped in and changed the subject before it turned into one of my dad's passionate lectures to a captive and uncomfortable audience.  He's like Toula's dad from My Big Fat Greek Wedding, but on steroids and not nearly as funny.   :( [/quote]

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