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How would you suggest going about dealing with an ignorant extended family member
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RE: How would you suggest going about dealing with an ignorant extended family member
January 1, 2016 at 4:26 am
(December 31, 2015 at 2:12 pm)godzilla_22 Wrote: Okay, I will try and make this as short as possible. 

Anyways, I was just sitting with my brother in law on Christmas Eve and he was on his smartphone looking at Facebook. And then he was saying how he's annoyed by gay people and he called them fags. Apparently he has a gay friend on Facebook. And he's all like "Sorry, but I don't want fags around my kids. It's bad enough they are forcing their disgusting agenda on us".

This entire statement literally almost made me fell off my chair. For one I have a few gay friends and also I just don't think it's right to say things like that.

Anyways, he and my sister are coming over for New Years Even tonight, how do I combat this if the situation ever arises?

Keep in mind he's an avid Donald Trump supporter...so logic isn't really a possibility with him. Undecided

I feel you.  Sounds like something my sister might say, though at least she doesn't suffer from homophobia.  But she is Trump supporter and thinks some (lots of) people deserve next to nothing.
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RE: How would you suggest going about dealing with an ignorant extended family member - by Whateverist - January 1, 2016 at 4:26 am

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