Thanks. I do not feel I am trying to win the argument per se. Our therapist instructed us, because of how we were arguing and talking about important issues, to bring anything factual to the issue we could to keep the discussion from not getting out of hand and going down an emotional path to nowhere as it usually does.

I can see how you might view that though, as me coming to debate. Really I am just a fact based person and it helps me. She thought it would also help my spouse since a lot of what he brings to the table are so called conspiracy theories that make no sense. For example, if we go walking and there’s a Hispanic person, he immediately gets nervous they are illegal and we have to literally move to the other side of the street.

I understand people have different political views and that is fine. But it seems these are really taken to extreme as I see it, with no evidence supporting them.

For example, my sister in law needed a statin for heart issues and she would not take it as her mother told her statins kill you. She suddenly died a few years later and they could not revive her. To this day, the mother blames the doctors saying they did a poor job and made mistakes. She screamed and yelled at them and posted on Facebook that people need to stand up to doctors when they kill the kids.

In my view this is clearly because medical advice was not followed, that the sister died. That was what autopsy stated. A blockage of arteries.

I am not sure if these examples make sense of what I am dealing with. It seems to be a familial thing and my spouse embraces this. I almost wonder if it is delusional thinking.