A tactic to remember is to stay calm and not respond with negative emotion. That's how they pull you in and drag you down to their level. Respond with facts or with responses that are dismissive in tone, such as one word replies, without actually being outright dismissive and negative.
In other instances, which are better suited for flowing conversations (or what could kind of be considered as a conversation with the unhinged left) hold a role of empathy and one of kindness. Even if it's not your thing, hold your attitude and don't get pulled in. Think of how you would approach a topic that you disagree on with one of your best friends or your favorite person in your family. Stick to your principles but don't get worked up.
Think of how the Trump supporter responded at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3XgXYvMVbg Do that, only in textual form. Remember, people that you don't even know can see your social media comments, tweets, etcetera and can be swayed by them. Especially since everyone wants to belong and they'll tend to gravitate towards the nicer people. Meanwhile, your niceness will frustrate these leftists because they're not getting the reaction that they want. They are working themselves up into anger and will make themselves look like a fool.
Yeah people with full-blown TDS aren’t worth the energy.
We visited my wife's sister's family. I told my wife I wouldn't talk politics. Well....my sister in law starts ragging on Sniffing Joe Biden. It was awesome.
Spent the last 4 years teaching a pig to sing, 4 years wasted and annoyed pigs. If they decide to join the choir later, fine but they'll never make Main Stage
The OP is right, it's best to keep your composure when dealing with libtards. When the casual observer sees both sides in public, which side do you think they will take? The one that's batshit crazy or the calm, reasonable one? Giving libtards ammunition to use against you is just dumb.
Example: https://twitter.com/watchwoman0908/status/1274496324973576192
Think silent majority.
Most people don't want to be involved in conflict, don't see it as fun, and join in with those who aren't all about in-fighting. Which is a plague amongst the left and makes them easier to divide, the in-fighting. People do see that and sense that and won't want to be a part of it.
The thing is, nothing directly translates to votes. That's wishful thinking. You just try your best to make your side to look the most rational, sane, and attractive to people not deep into the culture war and internet happenings. Let them arrive on their own with their voice and vote.
And what would you do?