Dad,
You seem to have a high regard for my intelligence except when I disagree with your bigoted right-wing friends. I feel really hurt when I disprove their totally unsupported allegations with research and detailed references, yet you continue to believe them. I feel puzzled as well as hurt by your choice to accept their convenient answers and disregard the replies that I have made. I stand ready to demolish any of their pernicious lies with links to the basic facts and research which they choose to ignore, but I would rather we have this discussion by email.
Let me make myself perfectly clear. I love you, and I deeply despise the racist, ignorant jerks who have poisoned your thinking. They make allegations with only the force of their considerable personalities, and I cannot compete on that level. I can only cite dry statistics and evidence to back up my beliefs.
Love,
John