Half the time they just zone out and go dead-eyes when you get them questioning their entrenched points of view. My father and I have this problem with my aunt. She watches CNN all fucking day and if you tell her CNN is lies or doesn't present all the facts she just zones out.
My mom does this. I tried in the past to tell myself she's just being respectful and polite, but then I started to doubt that and to think that she literally CAN'T argue what I'm saying.
Half the time they just zone out and go dead-eyes when you get them questioning their entrenched points of view. My father and I have this problem with my aunt. She watches CNN all fucking day and if you tell her CNN is lies or doesn't present all the facts she just zones out.
My mom does this. I tried in the past to tell myself she's just being respectful and polite, but then I started to doubt that and to think that she literally CAN'T argue what I'm saying.
Yep
1,000,000%
I've seen this. Their eyes just "go away" for a minute, and when they come back, it's like data has been deleted.