I tend to not say much of anything at first because he can't tell right away whether I'm ok with what he is saying or not. He won't quite backpedal but he will definitely try to soften up the impact of what he said originally. The backpedaling is amusing.

It's also pretty easy to get him to feel some degree of guilt for the things he says... He has said more than once how he isn't a bad parent because he doesn't get immunized himself, and will not immunize his son. I think it's prompted by my telling him how I do get immunized, and I get my kids immunized because it's a bad move as a parent to not go the extra step for my kid. He believes in herd immunity tho.

I've straight out shamed him into not listening to Ben Shapino at work any more. For about a month straight, every morning while he was cleaning out his truck I'd remind him how that shit is rotting his brain. I haven't heard it up at the shop in a few months now.

I'm not some persuasive super commie or anything.. I'm just more confident than he is in the things I open my mouth over and I think it shows.

any which way around it, dude is a chump with the intellectual prowess of a carp.