He should be more respectable toward you. Tell him you don't appreciate those type of comments. If he doens't stop, then you move on.
Don't wait your time on an idiot. There are nice respectable men out there. Losers are a dime a dozen.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.