The problem with the line of argument you've been making is that it involves judging the argument's worthiness of defending solely on the response to it. People

The problem with the line of argument you've been making is that it involves judging the argument's worthiness of defending solely on the response to it. People are often so ideologically driven that there's no means -- no better way of putting the points -- to get them to respond reasonably to something they don't like.