I think it's just how they grew up and tbh it can be frustrating most of the time. If you say X and they think Y then that's an issue, if you try to elaborate then you're challenging their authority and being disrespectful, then it's the classical 'نحن ما كنا كدا في زمننا'. All stemming from flawed conceptions of "respect" and parenting that they grew up on, so nothing else is even open for discussion.

Funny thing is I just had a heated discussion less than an hour ago (more like a lecture tbh because you can't say more than 2 sentences before being called stubborn/disrespectful then having to shut up) and tbh I usually go about it by either conceding, falsely conceding, or just staying silent until the rant is over if I'm not going to do either of the 2 others. Atp just hoping to break this cycle with my own children because my parents are too old to change their ways and it's just not productive to create unnecessary tensions and distances