“The days of just ignoring the whack jobs are gone.”
I think you are conflating two very different types of confrontation here.
I totally agree with you that when our liberties are at stake we need to fight back with everything we have. That is exactly what I love about President Trump - he fights, and he shows us how to fight.
But that isn’t what I was talking about.
I interact with low information leftist zombies who are completely brainwashed - conversations with them are so inconsequential and unproductive that confronting them is literally a waste of time.
Even then, I will sometimes engage, especially if there is a group of people listening and I can see that a few of them are actually open minded and intellectually curious. In those cases, I will take on the loudest Leftist, set a trap for them and make them look foolish in front of their audience. I’m actually pretty good at it.
I am more than happy to debate if there is any chance of changing someone’s mind or vote, or even getting them to question their dogma.
On the other hand, I have learned to recognize certain types who are too dumb or too far gone to bother with. They move the goalpost, bait and switch, dodge, use straw man arguments and appeals to authority - and they don’t even listen to what you have to say.. There is no way you are getting their vote.
There is this one Trump hater I see at pool league on Tuesdays. Each week I make a few small bets with him (a drink, or $5-$10) - over such matters as how many weeks before Trump will be impeached, whether Kavanaugh will be confirmed, etc.. This has been going on for two years - it started with bets about whether/when Trump would drop out of his bid for POTUS, whether Clinton would beat him and by how much.
I ALWAYS win, week after week - but this guy and his friends are so blinded by Trump hate that they never learn. I even make a point of reminding them that I always win - but they are absolutely sure Trump is going down THIS time.
Do you really think a leftist that dumb is worth arguing with?
Not me. I don’t waste my time trying to teach someone like that, I just take their money and make them look stupid in front of their friends.
Great story.
I think it’s tied to their egos. At this point, they have so much invested in their “Trump is evil!” viewpoint that to admit they’re wrong would shatter their worldview about... well, everything.
Hell, they might even wake up one morning and begin to think slaughtering unborn babies is wrong - who knows.
Sort of with you. My nephew, who is 23 posts stuff. I just ignore what he posts. It is what I expect from a child and it would be beneath me to argue politics with him.
When I had applied for a promotion I avoided politics altogether on facebook. Didn’t want to screw myself.