Lunch with a Trump fan

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54. this reminds me of the advice I've gotten about trying to reason with people who are delusional:

Don't.

I volunteer in a capacity that occasionally brings me into contact with people who, through no fault of their own, are not grounded in reality. There is simply no point in trying to change their minds. It doesn't help them, it's not productive, and it's a barrier to trust. (So maybe, if there is any hope of gaining a Trump person's trust, the best approach is not to argue with them but to go along with their version of reality, at least in conversation if not in action.)

I'm not equating being a Fox News viewer with actual mental illness, but Fox News viewers simply and literally live in a different world than we do.

So yeah, what you said about not wasting time trying to reach these people (at least, with logic): don't.