Adjacently related, I stay on Facebook for mostly two reasons: (1) to private messaging a few friends & family, and, (2) to observe all of the woke people I personally know who are constantly parroting the propaganda .

The second helps re-assure me that I'm not in an echo chamber when reading conservative news or frequenting forums like this one (i.e., echo chambers that might highlight the lunacy of the Left and magnify it to look worse than reality). Given that > 10% of my Facebook friends have posted woke garbage, with a few prolific woke-ists, it's pretty easy to see that this stuff has infected a great many people I know, that the Leftist ideology is really prevalent, and that I'm not stuck in an echo chamber or captured by "right-wing propaganda".

To your question about what do you say, here's how I've approached similar conversations:

• Provide the evidence. Drop some serious truth bombs. Be as brief & concise as you can, at least at first
• If they try to swamp you with 3-5 counter arguments, pick their most powerful one, and demolish it.
• If you know that you are right but cannot recall the specific facts needed on the spot, don't address that point fully yet, and circle back to it in a later conversation. This maintains your credibility & helps prevent re-enforcing a false narrative they have in their minds (that there is no merit to your claims & that you are stuck in "conservative propaganda")

There's probably a few other tactics that would work well, like the Socratic method.

Adjacently related, I stay on Facebook for mostly two reasons: (1) to private messaging a few friends & family, and, (2) to observe all of the woke people I personally know who are constantly parroting the propaganda .

The second helps re-assure me that I'm not in an echo chamber when reading conservative news or frequenting forums like this one (i.e., echo chambers that might highlight the lunacy of the Left and magnify it to look worse than reality). Given that > 10% of my Facebook friends have posted woke garbage, with a few prolific woke-ists, it's pretty easy to see that this stuff has infected a great many people I know, that the Leftist ideology is really prevalent, and that I'm not stuck in an echo chamber or captured by "right-wing propaganda".

To your question about what do you say, here's how I've approached similar conversations:

• Provide the evidence. You drop some serious truth bombs.
• If they try to swamp you with 3-5 counter arguments, pick their most powerful one, and demolish it.
• If you know that you are right but cannot recall the specific facts needed on the spot, don't address that point fully yet, and circle back to it in a later conversation. This maintains your credibility & helps prevent re-enforcing a false narrative they have in their minds (that there is no merit to your claims & that you are stuck in "conservative propaganda")

There's probably a few other tactics that would work well, like the Socratic method.

Adjacently related, I stay on Facebook for mostly two reasons: (1) to private messaging a few friends & family, and, (2) to observe all of the woke people I personally know who are constantly parroting the propaganda .

The second helps re-assure me that I'm not in an echo chamber when reading conservative news or frequenting forums like this one (i.e., echo chambers that might highlight the lunacy of the Left and magnify it to look worse than reality). Given that > 10% of my Facebook friends have posted woke garbage, with a few prolific woke-ists, it's pretty easy to see that this stuff has infected a great many people I know, that the Leftist ideology is really prevalent, and that I'm not stuck in an echo chamber or captured by "right-wing propaganda".

To your question about what do you say, here's how I've approached similar conversations:

• Provide the evidence. You drop some serious truth bombs.
• If they try to swamp you with 3-5 counter arguments, pick their most powerful one, and demolish it.
• If you know that you are right but cannot recall the specific facts needed on the spot, don't address that point fully yet, and circle back to it in a later conversation. This maintains your credibility & helps prevent a false narrative they have in their minds that there is no merit to your claims & that you are stuck in "conservative propaganda"

There's probably a few other tactics that would work well, like the Socratic method.

Adjacently related, I stay on Facebook for mostly two reasons: (1) to private messaging a few friends & family, and, (2) to observe all of the woke people I personally know who are constantly parroting the propaganda .

The second helps re-assure me that I'm not in an echo chamber when reading conservative news or frequenting forums like this one (i.e., echo chambers that might highlight the lunacy of the Left and magnify it to look worse than reality). Given that > 10% of my Facebook friends have posted woke garbage, with a few prolific woke-ists, it's pretty easy to see that this stuff has infected a great many people I know, that the Leftist ideology is really prevalent.

To your question about what do you say, here's how I've approached similar conversations:

• Provide the evidence. You drop some serious truth bombs.
• If they try to swamp you with 3-5 counter arguments, pick their most powerful one, and demolish it.
• If you know that you are right but cannot recall the specific facts needed on the spot, don't address that point fully yet, and circle back to it in a later conversation. This maintains your credibility & helps prevent a false narrative they have in their minds that there is no merit to your claims & that you are stuck in "conservative propaganda"

There's probably a few other tactics that would work well, like the Socratic method.

Adjacently related, I stay on Facebook for mostly two reasons: (1) to private messaging a few friends & family, (2) to observe all of the woke people I personally know constantly parrot the propaganda (and to find out who of my friends might actually be "based").

The second helps re-assure me that I'm not in an echo chamber when reading conservative news or frequenting forums like this one (i.e., echo chambers that might highlight the lunacy of the Left and magnify it to look worse than reality). Given that > 10% of my Facebook friends have posted woke garbage, with a few prolific woke-ists, it's pretty easy to see that this stuff has infected a great many people I know, that the Leftist ideology is really prevalent.

To your question about what do you say, here's how I've approached similar conversations:

• Provide the evidence. You drop some serious truth bombs.
• If they try to swamp you with 3-5 counter arguments, pick their most powerful one, and demolish it.
• If you know that you are right but cannot recall the specific facts needed on the spot, don't address that point fully yet, and circle back to it in a later conversation. This maintains your credibility & helps prevent a false narrative they have in their minds that there is no merit to your claims & that you are stuck in "conservative propaganda"

There's probably a few other tactics that would work well, like the Socratic method.

Adjacently related, I stay on Facebook for two reasons: (1) to private messaging a few friends & family, (2) to observe all of the woke people I personally know constantly parrot the propaganda (and find out who of my friends might actually be "based").

The second helps re-assure me that I'm not in an echo chamber when reading conservative news or frequenting forums like this one (i.e., echo chambers that might highlight the lunacy of the Left and magnify it to look worse than reality). Given that > 10% of my Facebook friends have posted woke garbage, with a few prolific woke-ists, it's pretty easy to see that this stuff has infected a great many people I know, that the Leftist ideology is really prevalent.

To your question about what do you say, here's how I've approached similar conversations:

• Provide the evidence. You drop some serious truth bombs.
• If they try to swamp you with 3-5 counter arguments, pick their most powerful one, and demolish it.
• If you know that you are right but cannot recall the specific facts needed on the spot, don't address that point fully yet, and circle back to it in a later conversation. This maintains your credibility & helps prevent a false narrative they have in their minds that there is no merit to your claims & that you are stuck in "conservative propaganda"

There's probably a few other tactics that would work well, like the Socratic method.

Adjacently related, I stay on Facebook for two reasons: (1) private messaging a few friends & family, (2) watching all of the woke people I personally know constantly parrot the propaganda.

The second helps re-assure me that I'm not in an echo chamber when reading conservative news or frequenting forums like this one (i.e., echo chambers that might highlight the lunacy of the left and magnify it to look worse than reality). Given that > 10% of my Facebook friends have posted woke garbage, with a few prolific woke-ists, it's pretty easy to see that this stuff has infected a great many people I know, that the Leftist ideology is really prevalent.

Seeing the propaganda, via Facebook friends, also helps me stay informed of what kind of craziness is being pushed.

To your question about what do you say, here's how I've approached it (having dived into politics for about a year now):

• Provide the evidence. You drop some serious truth bombs.
• If they try to swamp you with 3-5 counter arguments, pick their most powerful one, and demolish it.
• If you know that you are right but cannot recall the specific facts needed on the spot, don't address that point fully yet, and circle back to it in a later conversation. This maintains your credibility & helps prevent a false narrative they have in their minds that there is no merit to your claims & that you are stuck in "conservative propaganda" .