We lose the argument every time we resort to citing facts.
Joy and her leftist friends aren’t thinking. They’re feeling. They know their opinion is correct because it feels correct.
Whenever someone tells me that the Republicans want to limit voting rights, or the United States is systemically racist, or any of the dozens of leftist platitudes, I say this:
“You’re a conspiracy nut.”
If they want to argue, I’m willing to do it, but I always hit low and attack the core of their statements with emotional responses. They’re conspiracy nuts. They’re just repeating propaganda from fake news. They’re spreading misinformation. If I know the person, or I work with them, I’ll tread a little lightly with my tone of voice, stating things in a calm monotone, but if it’s just a person on the street, I’ll be quite vicious about their lack of concern for others, their nasty and cruel stupidity, or their simple-minded racism.
We got here by acting nice and rational in the face of appalling ugliness from ideological bullies. It’s best to use their own words and concepts against them, but just taking it has led them to believe that they can continue with this stuff unimpeded.
I’ve been using this lately. Anybody who does, says, or supports that is a disgusting human being and their opinions should not even be entertained as serious. ‘That’ is any dem policy, the lying media, the pedophile Biden, abortion, letting illegals flood the country. If their news source is liberal, I’ll use their lies and/or sexual abuse as proof that source is made up of degenerate human beings who no intelligent person should ever use as a reference point. It is much better than their usual, “stop watching FOX News.” I end with I can’t believe you agree with that. Then they usually storm off or just change the subject.