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If they have some kind of radical spark in them, I try to focus on debunking some specific narrative using an engaging podcast or video essay. Their problem is that they don't have the language to assess things and some kind of gentle introduction to theory will do more for them than attacking them.
If they are generically liberal or reactionary and the media narratives just reinforce what they want to believe, I write them off. Maybe I'll talk to them about limited subjects but there's a pathology driving them and they're reactively hostile to everything I could counter it with. That pathology serves some psychosocial or psychosexual function I can't replace with a new media diet.