Okay, so the other day this kid at my new lunch table wore a shirt with two letters on the back: a letter to God asking why he didn't allow school shootings and a reply from God explaining that he wasn't allowed in public schools. I figured maybe this is a quirk and he's really an okay guy. Not so.
Today he asks me what I know about the whole Israel/Middle East thing. I tell him I know the basics, but not enough to formulate and defend an opinion. I apologize for not knowing more because it's really important and I've been meaning to learn more about it for a while.
Him: So back after WW2, a bunch of Americans just took tanks and pushed all the Arabs out of Israel. That's basically all you need to know.
Me: No, it's infinitely more complicated than that.
Him: So Israel is this hateful country and they teach all their children to kill all the Arabs, like, everyone of that skin color. And Israel has committed more war crimes than any other country.
Yeah. It actually offends me on a personal level that he thinks I'm so stupid he can just bull**** me like that.