Please be joking

I started not to write this one, but it's one of the things that set me off today that I can actually post online so here it is.  I'm sitting here at my desk with about six guys in the room.  I'm waiting for my bedtime to roll around and they are pretending to like each other.  The oldest of the group begins telling what I can assume he finds to be a bad ass story about being a loud American at a foreign chow hall on base.  He says there was a debate about the new policy of repealing "don't ask don't tell" (keep in mind that when we watch the show Modern Family he refuses to stay in the room because it has a gay couple)  and someone pointed out that no other country has that kind of rule so we shouldn't either.  He says that he responded with "YEAH BUT ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES SUCK!!!"Apparently this got the attention of some of the other patrons.  Someone pointed out that he was lucky that the people weren't more prone to fighting.  Of course he is quite the manly man and says he doesn't care.  

One of our new co-pilot's says "So you think you'd be alright if it had been a big group of well trained Israeli's?"

Idiot says "Pfft, whatever, Jews."

I assume he's joking but stop looking at my computer and now focus my attention on the conversation.

Guy 1 "you know 'so and so' is Jewish."

Guy 2 "He's half Jewish and he's from Texas so he doesn't even count."

Idiot "I don't give a shit who walks in here..."

At this point I interrupt and say "Hold on 'idiot' are you kidding or are you serious right now?"

I am answered with silence from all of them so I continue

Me: "OK if you're serious i don't understand why you hate Jewish people, or why if you're going to chose a group of people to discriminate against (side note real quick please do not message me either here or on fb to say which groups you do hate more) you would pick the Jews."

Idiot "uhhh I have an amazing reason."

Me "ok"

Idiot "How about they killed Jesus Christ?!" 

Me "Wow, ok I'm going to give this one more try here.  You're kidding right?"

Idiot "UH NO! They did."

Me "ok so by 'they' you mean a group of people that have been dead for almost two thousand years.  Who wanted someone executed who was Christ and 'they' happen to share the same religion as this group of people that you hate who are alive today? And this is assuming that it is all true and in no way embellished or fabricated" 

Idiot "It's in the Bible!"

Me "ok sure I still don't see what that has to do with hating the people who are alive today even if you think you need to avenge Jesus with hate."

Idiot "That's in the Bible too!" 

And this is where he began quoting scripture.  You want me to stop taking you seriously? Start quoting scripture because that's great I'm glad you can memorize a book but are you going to hope I'm turned into a pillar of salt? Once he was finished rambling about stars and empty wombs blah blah blah.

Me "See I thought you would at least be able to have an actual conversation with me about this."

Idiot "I Did! I JUST WENT DEUTERONOMY ON YOUR ASS!" 

Me "Seriously? Do you really think that was impressive? I mean you're right I am rendered speechless with what an idiot you are but quoting something that God knows who actually wrote and saying 'Because it says so' is not an argument.  I'm done with this conversation." 

No one in the room said anything at all for a few minutes.  The only noise was the idiot proudly laughing to himself until someone forced a new topic. 

Well there's one less person for me to speak to out here.