I agree with others, that your FIL is most likely a hopeless cause. He’s spouting all the MSNBC talking points without missing a beat, including some of the outright laws.
I have a very diverse group of friends, including a couple black and mixed conservative friends. However, I also have a couple black liberal friends who are just as hopeless as your FIL. They completely disregard politics for four years, but come election season, my Facebook starts to get flooded with ridiculous MSNBC/Huffpo garbage. I tried to engage them about what the deficit/debt/Obamacare, etc will mean for our future, but they just kept spouting the typical liberal bull shit.
They kept playing the “we care about others” card that liberals always fall back on when they know they don’t have an argument. I pointed out the fact that neither of them actually gave to charity, so they just believe that government forced redistribution equated to charity. I’ve come to the conclusion, that many liberals are hopeless causes, especially the ones who went all in with Barack Obama for a second term. They honestly believe that they are noble and just, and conservatives are evil and greedy.
You’re probably right, but there are others being cc’d who are more “persuadable”, so to speak.