I try to follow the game plan of making a loving, concerted attempt, and, if reviled, wiping the sand of their opinions from the soles of my boots and moving along.
If, however, I am able to get at least one boot in the proverbial door, I will keep working to gain entrance, candle in hand, to enlighten their darkened minds and hearts.
I don't believe in dismissing the kool-aid drinkers out of hand. I believe in snatching the cup from their lips and telling them as plainly as I can that it is poison. If they pick it up again my conscience is clear. They are, after all, free to drink from whatever cup (or trough) they choose. I am trying (in some - albeit few - cases with success) to get them to choose wisely.
But that's just me. Your circumstances may be much different than those we are facing in Vermont politics. If you are privileged to live in a state with few voting kool-aid drinkers, all the better.
I don't necessarily either, and I do engage in verbal fisticuffs with Dim miscreants from time to time just for the exercise. The die-hards are pretty much hopeless cases IMO, and not worth the effort. They don't want to know the truth, nor do they want to hear about somebody else having to carry their load for 'em. May God look kindly upon them, it's more than I can muster.
I believe in snatching the cup from their lips and telling them as plainly as I can that it is poison.
Speaking of poison, how about:
A woman's right to choose???????
FGS