You need to take the issue seriously.
These people have real power.
The only power those scum have is tyranny. The only way they get to lord it over your head is if you let them.
Our Founders showed us how to deal with tyrants when reasoning with them became an exercise in futility.
It's futile to have any kind of discussion with such people. They would see you in chains or executed if they could.
Really? You wouldn’t kid me now wouldja?