• oce 🐆@jlai.lu
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    12 hours ago

    Why would you think it’s without knowing they got intoxicated by fake news?
    That’s the point, you think they have wrong ideas, so you push them gently to increase the chance that they will question them by themselves.
    If that’s a poor way to do it, maybe you have a better way, what is it?

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      4 minutes ago

      Why would you think it’s without knowing they got intoxicated by fake news?

      I really can’t make heads or tails of this sentence.

      That’s the point, you think they have wrong ideas, so you push them gently to increase the chance that they will question them by themselves.

      I don’t disagree with gentle pushing. I’m saying what your idea is not going to push them at all, nor will it be taken as gentle. Honestly, it makes me wonder if you’ve actually interacted with these sorts.

      The best approach that I’ve found is to beat them to the punch of saying things. Basically, make points before they can say stipid shit, they’re very easily manipulated if they haven’t already taken a stance in the conversation

      Also going into the points they aren’t as sure on, proving them wrong, has given me a great basis of getting them to admit they’re wrong. It’s all in tone of voice. Not being a dick about it.