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Arguing with random chuds and libs on Twitter or whatever is usually genuinely bad for you (it was for me).
If you insist on doing it: ask questions and get them to define things for you. Make them set a standard for how what they are claiming could hypothetically be falsified. It is unlikely it will be worthwhile regardless, but it is nearly impossible to get a positive result otherwise.
I really don't normally. I used to but also came to the conclusion that it wasn't healthy. This is a rare exception and I think I handled it well.
get them to define things for you
All the time.
I have a rule now that I respond genuinely the first time. Response to it will dictate if I block and move on or not.
Arguing online? Please comrade, from the bottom of my heart I beg you not to engage in this self-destructive behavior.
(I know it's ironic where it's coming from, but I'm being genuine)
All chuds have a subset of four or five of the ten possible brainworms, so all you have to do is figure out which one they're most upset about then give them an essay explaining it properly. It should take like two questions then a smug comment and then you're done. About 10% of the time they'll even ask for a list of more stuff to read.
If you're talking in person, you have to know the activation phrase for Americans - "lol that's propaganda" - this makes them actually listen and think but you have to able to explain how their ideas really are from the spectacle once you invoke this.
Now i want a spreadsheet documenting all the brainworms. American exceptionalism, china bad, etc
I'm actually not sure what we had was an argument