While it's hard to reason with a leftist, it can be done many times. I'm sure some (or many) of us have been leftists at some time. It's usually better to argue about some specific subject. For example, in my case, I began to notice how much bs there's in leftist arguments with the whole voter ID thing. Right now, how rioting isn't a valid form of protest could be a good point.
I'm sure a lot of people aren't really leftists as much as they're mindlessly following what others say...
This can be appealed. Right?