Instead of arguing with friends or family about Trump, shun and ostracize them.
Tell them the can come back in your life when they disavow their cult.
This actually minimizes stress for you while maximizing the chance that they at least think about what they’re doing.
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Scientifically speaking, trying to talk sense into them will have a 100% failure rate because this is about their feelings, not logical arguments.
You can fight this with a possibly stronger feeling, that of being socially shunned and of missing you; but you cannot fight it with facts.*
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denialism
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@thomasfuchs You are absolutely correct that logic does not work, but there are things that will work under certain conditions. David McRaney wrote a book called "How Minds Change" that goes through some of the more effectiuve ways to help people come to better conclusions. Here is an interview that gives a brief outline of the book. -https://youarenotsosmart.com/2023/09/14/yanss-269-deconstructing-how-minds-change-with-michael-taft/
