Getting stuck in wedge issues that their propaganda is currently targeting doesn’t usually make a difference, in my experience. The person you replied to made a point I find useful which is to get people to talk about the values they have beneath their positions. Often people can be led to contradict themselves if we ask enough curious, open-ended questions about what motivated their opinions.
The majority of people hold fairly progressive views on most issues, but are taught to be real mad about things that don’t effect them. They’ll try to argue about those things the whole time, and I don’t think it’s worth taking the bait.
Getting stuck in wedge issues that their propaganda is currently targeting doesn’t usually make a difference, in my experience. The person you replied to made a point I find useful which is to get people to talk about the values they have beneath their positions. Often people can be led to contradict themselves if we ask enough curious, open-ended questions about what motivated their opinions.
The majority of people hold fairly progressive views on most issues, but are taught to be real mad about things that don’t effect them. They’ll try to argue about those things the whole time, and I don’t think it’s worth taking the bait.