I need some advice

[thbobby]

24. I used to say to myself "Don't argue with idiots"

But I have changed my attitude. There is a 70-year-old couple that lives near me. I was talking to him about voting and Obama. He said to me "I just think they should stay on their own side of the tracks". A few days later, I was driving him to the store and he said something I didn't quite understand about a black man. I asked him "He is a midget?" Of course what he said was a slur that he thought was cute. I confront him gently, but firmly. Told him "We just see things differently. All people deserve respect". I few days after his Obama comment he was saying we need a young smart president. I said, "We had one, his name was Obama". His son works at Walmart and has a daughter that needs surgery. Walmart cut his hours to under 32. His son is as racist as he is and a trump humper. I helped him get Medicaid for his daughter after he lost his job. I did remind him of how Obamacare was intended to help people with problems like his. I also told him how trump wants to cut Medicaid.

I guess, what I believe is idiocy and hatred must be confronted, but the best way to do it is dependent on what you are comfortable with and who you are confronting. But, I firmly believe it must be confronted.