"But studies show the best way to deprogram them is to talk to them" the worst people you interact with regularly online say, ignoring that the studies are talking about in person interactions and that we can't all be deprogramming all the time. Some of us would just like to exist from time to time.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 3 points 1 year ago

I'm curious about these studies. Were they looking at which way works best given a single person and infinite time, or which way works best given finite time and a large group? Was it specific to American conservatives?

Because if they don't care what words mean, then I think the better approach is to attack their social status as a group. Shine a light on what they are, make them embarrassed. Let them lose friends. "You can't reason someone out of a belief they weren't reasoned into."