"I'm just going to ignore any facts on their side completely the way they ignore any facts on ours."
Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.
I would say the better thing to do is the opposite. On the rare off-chance that they bring up something that's true, acknowledge it and use that as a convo hook to bring them back to reality.
Leftist: "look at all these cases of police brutality!"
Reply: "Wow, that's horrible! Say, where is all this happening at? We should hold these mayors and their party accountable."
Leftist: "look at all these cases of trans ppl being murdered!"
Reply: "Wow, that's horrible! Say, who's doing the killing?"
Leftist: "look at all these cases of sexual predators #MeToo brought to light"
Reply: "Wow, that's horrible! Say, (((who's))) sexually victimizing all these women?"
"I'm just going to ignore any facts on their side completely the way they ignore any facts on ours."
I would say the better thing to do is the opposite. On the rare off-chance that they bring up something that's true, acknowledge it and use that as a convo hook to bring them back to reality.
Leftist: "look at all these cases of police brutality!" Reply: "Wow, that's horrible! Say, where is all this happening at? We should hold these mayors and their party accountable."
Leftist: "look at all these cases of trans ppl being murdered!" Reply: "Wow, that's horrible! Say, who's doing the killing?"
Leftist: "look at all these cases of sexual predators #MeToo brought to light" Reply: "Wow, that's horrible! Say, (((who's))) sexually victimizing all these women?"