After spending a couple days interacting with them, I have come to agree with the common sentiment hexbear already had that it’s probably not worth trying to persuade a small number of steadfast neoliberals among those of us with limited patience, which includes myself.
If I’m a wimp and you still want to go buck wild, of course.
But the suggestion I got that .ee would probably be a better staging ground is at this point taken to heart. Since we are federated with them, I think the thing to do is make (appropriate, non-hostile) posts in .ee communities where the purpose of the comm adequately fits with topics that it would be useful to discuss.
As with my last post, which was misbegotten, it’s just a thought I had
I have infinite patience and am happy to be a soldier in the posting wars. If you are patient enough, liberal replying in bad faith eventually just tire themselves out, descending into a childish, repetitive rage.
Combine that with someone else dunking and making fun of them and you’ve got what’s known as the complete package.
It’s not for everyone, though. Lemmy.world folks can rapidly get very racist, homophobic, transphobic, etc.