Better to let them rant until they stop to take a breath, turn their head and close their eyes.
Then pounce!
I watched the piece and had the same conclusion you did. I agree with your strategy. I almost turned the thing off -- I do like listening to the lunacy of certain arguments, not people talking over each other.
“Better to let them rant until they stop to take a breath”
I have found that many of them have oxygen tanks strapped to their backs and it gets pumped into their lungs so that they don’t have to take breaths and can just keep running their mouths. :-)
Do I have to duck?