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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNothing can be gained from engaging in political debate or even discourse with MAGA. Nothing.
And if you believe that I am wrong, show me the data that says that engaging in political discourse with right wingers converts into votes.
Now, I'm not to saying that we shouldn't engage with Republican voters directly. We should. We definitely should, but engaging in debates with avowed MAGA types is a waste of time and does not translate into votes.
The focus should be on non-voters and the base.

Think. Again.
(21,856 posts)"Debating" with NAZIs just amplifies their messge, and their message is too ugly and dangerous to be treated as a true political position.
Meowmee
(7,799 posts)AZJonnie
(504 posts)though I've scaled back on how much I will do so a lot over that time.
And that is because no, there IS NO POINT. They absolutely do not respect the concept of 'intellectual integrity', they will not engage in critical thinking, and they WILL NOT debate politics in good faith, ever. They will never admit that you've proven them wrong about something they asserted. They'll move the goalposts, they'll tell you that didn't say something they obviously said, or claim you misunderstood them, they'll call ANY source you use that plainly contradicts their programming 'biased' and therefore unreliable, no matter WHAT it is. Oh, and they love to post laughing emoji's, as if doing stands on it's own as some great revelation of the correctness of the utter bullshit they buy into. Basically the only thing they care about is annoying the fuck out of you.
It's not worth it, unless you find their antics amusing. Even if you do though it gets old, because they are like The Borg, a wretched hive-mind of cult worship. And with what's going on in real life around us, it's hard to laugh about what idiots they are.
rampartd
(1,764 posts)but i generally agree that it is worthless to attempt discourse with trolls, cultists, and computer programs.
JoseBalow
(6,999 posts)BannonsLiver
(18,976 posts)Doesnt look like hes going to win the DU primary. Probably not a bad thing given the track record.
UpInArms
(52,289 posts)These people are so deep in the flavor aid they cant even think for themselves.
everyonematters
(3,714 posts)necessarily to convince the MAGAS. If we can't do that, then what does that say about our policies. I have done it in the presence of others and I think I have done well.
Kaleva
(39,033 posts)That's what makes them extremists.
Comrade Citizen
(218 posts)ridicule, mocking, derision, scorn, scoffing, jeering, taunting.
Their own unelected leader calls them "contemptible fools".
They are all creepy weird nazis (but don't call them that, you'll hurt their feelings).