Fuck that noise.
But trying to engage & refute certain arguments can just be playing a bigot’s game.
If someone wants to statistically argue the Holocaust was good, should I try “prove” them wrong with facts? Or in doing so do I legitimise it as a topic to be debated?
Ben Shapiro would probably trash most of us in a debate. That doesn’t necessarily make his ideas correct.
Stats aren’t the enemy; they are what they are & they can be uncomfortable. Sometimes they’re misleading.
The problem is shitbags using stats to justify & further their odious ideological perspectives.
I say no
Arguing with those who think "interracial marriage is bad & I can prove it with stats" is like arguing with a computer; able to process reams of data yet unable to comprehend the concept of humanity.