That’s projection.

He doesn’t like people because they aren’t conservative and he’s projecting that same feeling onto others and treats them as he thinks they would treat him. With hostility.

The catch here is that I don’t like people who try to destroy my friends’ lives. Since the conservative platform is to destroy many of my friends’ lives, I don’t like people who follow the conservative platform. Conservatives like to treat this as bigotry when it actually isn’t. It’s intolerance of intolerance, which is not just acceptable, but necessary.

Nobody likes him because he's an asshole.

The two do tend to go together though.

He's convinced nobody likes him because he's a conservative.

And for some people that would be true. Conservatism seems to carry some intrinsically hideous notions.

“No dad, it’s because you’re a conservative asshole….”

Boy I’m glad my immediate family isn’t like this. Distant cousins on the other hand? There’s a reason I’m not on Facebook.

He's convinced nobody likes him because he's a conservative.

That's the brainwashing speaking.

Yeah there usually not much you can do but hope for a change. Mine had drinking problems and was much like this. Went sober finally and he still is similar politically just not insufferable and can take a joke so it’s far more pleasant to be around him.

Good luck…

So if he were polite and conservative, you’d have no problem?

I get where you're coming from, but it's possible to have pleasant meaningful conversations without getting into politics. Politics are important, but learning to connect outside of that context is an important life skill, too.