and how would an elder start looking for friends or recreational activities for seniors? I don’t even know what’s available.

my father has always been republican, never a maga type, just old school republican.

The last message he sent me was more a rant against everything that’s wrong with the world together with some immigrant blaming and talking about an invasion. He also wrote how he misses when I was 5. He is usually more articulate, this message was all over the place.

My mother is Mexican and I’m half Mexican. Make it make sense.

On my answer, I asked him if my mother should be deported, if he is feeling lonely or angry and if he meets people in real life other than my mother or he spends his time watching slop and listening to right wing media.

I also told him talking about immigrants the way he did to me is the perfect way to end up alone or in a right wing bubble because nobody sane wants to talk to somebody with so much disregard for people wanting a better life.

He also wrote something about how AI makes people stupider, which I agree with and asked him if he is sure this isn’t something exactly happening to him right now with the message he sent me, just hoping he snaps out of it.

I suggested, if he feels alone he may contact social services, but I have no idea if they actually help seniors find new people.

I also wanted to suggest he goes to a nursing home but it doesn’t seem to be the ideal place for a competent senior to meet new people, does it?

If you ever did this, what worked for you?

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    A whole lot of Americans are discovering every day that Fox News didn’t “radicalize” Granny and Poppop, Granny and Poppop radicalized Fox News because they were fascists the whole time.

    Remember that Dominion Voting lawsuit against Fox News? In the discovery were text messages from popular hosts like Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingram. What those texts revealed was that both hosts and the network itself was terrified of viewer revolt. They both admitted to platforming “lunatics” and spreading conspiracies just to mollify their rabid viewers. For context: Fox news had accurately called the 2020 Election for Biden first. Their viewers considered this a betrayal and switched to Newsmax and other far-right channels by the million.

    The call is coming from inside the house.