[Pollster1]

If he stays in the class, I recommend that he give the answers the teacher wants. It’s a nice chance for the two of you to research the topics together, but I prefer not to argue with people who are not rational.

[adorno]

I prefer not to argue with people who are not rational.

That's the equivalent of letting them win, and letting them think that they are right in their argument, and that they should continue doing what they're doing, and if enough people are defeated in that fashion, then, the liberals will have their way in implementing their global-warming agenda.

The only way of winning against those that are wrong and/or irrational, is to fight using the truth.