Annoyed with Family

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Sometimes my dad cheeses me off. He's a very strong Conservative, and I am one of THREE Liberals in both sides of my family. So he constantly pokes fun at my political beliefs, making me wish I weren't so damn Liberal.

On top of that, he's racist. He gives bad drivers stereotypical names based on their race, and has forbidden me from dating outside of my race. He also talks about people of certain races as if they're all stupid or "bad". I hate it.

Talking to him hasn't worked, and my mom can't make him quit. I fear that one of my brothers is becoming a racist as well due to Dad's influence.

I just need to vent...I'm SICK of this!! !

Do any of you have problems like this?

Yes. The details differ, but the gist is the same. For me that was the beginning of Life telling me to find and nuture my own Family of Choice, and to let go of my expectations that my Family of Origin is likely to change to any meaningful degree.

I have this problem sometimes with my dad, but he's not as extreme as yours. Whenever some none Caucasian race has committed a crime somewhere he instantly goes "They should all leave our country!" or "This is so expectable coming from a (insert race here)" and it annoys me greatly as i find it stupid to blame ones action to an entire race.

We have had arguments in the past about this but no luck, he keeps acting like this. I gave up arguing about it years ago, can't teach an old dog new tricks in this case....

So, I jsut read that your own dad makes fun of you for being liberal. I don't know about anyone else, but my generaal response would be to make fun of him for being conservative. Not every conservative or Republican is completely out-of-touch socially, but anyone who wants to give s**t for someone different than them needs al ittle wake up to reality, and that includes someone in your family. So, either shame him on it, make fun of him for it, do anything that sees to it that liberals are, in fact, no ess dumber than him. Hell, tell him that if he actually expects everyone to be on his side, then he is better off finding another family or another planet because not everyone in life is going to agree with what he thinks.

As for the racism thing, you might as well catch him on the very fact that he is acting like a stereotype of a Republican, and for that, he should be made fun of 24/7. And don't stop until you got all the message out because people like that need to know exactly where the world stands. Everyone believes in different things, but the most uneducated thing you can do is think everyone is wrong for not agreeing with what you are...especially since you may have actually done the research for what you believe.

And pointing fun at someone for their beliefs isnt going to sway them. Rather, it is just going to make them more inclined to shame you for your actions the way we have been doing for years.