To be really cross about idiot FIL?

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He has sent me a group chain email type thing of racist jokes. He always forwards 'joke' emails on and I normally just delete them but I looked at this one and saw the 'jokes'. They are just racist crap. Not funny. He had sent them on to his normal email group so it wasn't like he had selected me personally but it also wasn't like he had chosen to take me off the distribution or chosen not to forward them at all. Vile.

Surely he knows me? Does he really think I would find that funny? Does he not realise it is offensive?

I have deleted but I am itching to say something. Also probably going well over the top here but I am having second thoughts about letting PIL babysit for DS now, okay he is too tiny now to understand but I would hate for him to be around people who think that's acceptable. Ugh. Or maybe he can be around it and I can tell him why it's vile and horrible. Should I say something and ask me to take him off his distribution list? I would hate to cause an argument.

Just send an email back to him asking not to be sent racist jokes.

Yes, say 'please don't send me racist jokes'

and then send all his emails to spam.

Or tell him you think his email has been hijacked as someone has been sending you offensive jokes - that might shame him into not doing it again

I like the hacking or maybe "does your computer have a virus?" idea. Might go over his head but probably easier than directly confronting his racist views - just refuse to accept that any normal person could hold them.

Since this is your FIL, in the interests of not causing a family fall out, I would not reply or say anything. I doubt any email from you is going to change his views anyway so I think the whole thing would be counterproductive.