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Doctor_J

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10. Fox "News" and hate radio

Reply to RockaFowler (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2015, 06:14 PM

Jan 2015

Same thing happened to my dad. He was a FDR/JFK/LBJ/NAACP dem for his first 60 years - the kindest man I ever met. Then my brother convinced him that Fox was the only real "News", and Dad spent his last 20 years as an angry, bitter, hateful racist. Fox News, hate radio, and conservatism are cancers.

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What do you do when you find out your father is a racist?? [View all] RockaFowler Jan 2015 OP

Call him out on it. JaneyVee Jan 2015 #1

While I dislike pathologizing conservative beliefs and behavior, the kind of change you describe Brickbat Jan 2015 #2

Sounds like it to me too, Brickbat. elleng Jan 2015 #4

I wonder if there are changes to your dad. hollysmom Jan 2015 #3

I guess another question is how political was your relationship with him el_bryanto Jan 2015 #5

Such a drastic change in personality in someone of that age Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #6

Sad Neon Gods Jan 2015 #7

It's very difficult to handle when our parents change as they get older. Avalux Jan 2015 #8

Did you see this post SalviaBlue Jan 2015 #9

Fox "News" and hate radio Doctor_J Jan 2015 #10