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>>diablo+(OP)
How do you deal with this strategy? A lot of hyper partisans and conspiracy theorists hammer you with a ton of “facts” that sometimes are correct but most of the times with half truths, misinterpretations and a pinch of things that are plain wrong. If you are lucky you can refute immediately but often it takes a lot of time and effort to research the topic. In a debate or discussion with friends I often feel stupid saying things like “I don’t believe the stuff you are saying but I need to research things for a while before I can tell you what exactly is wrong.” .

The current pandemic is a good example. The “Plandemic” movie is making its rounds in the neighborhood but all I can say is that I can’t imagine that thousands of researchers around the world are part of a conspiracy. It just doesn’t make sense.

>>Ididnt+av
If I'm talking to somebody like this I will usually say, "I don't have time right now to respond to all of these points, but here's my take on the first few (or the most salient points)." You will probably never convince the gish galloper, but if a third party is watching the discussion and they see the first few points get outed as disinformation, they'll be more skeptical of the rest of it.