Not necessarily. Once someone has established that they won't engage in good faith ("told for decades that said national culture is hateful and outdated and mu

Not necessarily. Once someone has established that they won't engage in good faith ("told for decades that said national culture is hateful and outdated and must be destroyed without any decent replacement" isn't exactly an opening for discussion) it's wasted effort to engage. It's still worth hoping they'll at least consider that downvotes aren't because people hate and fear the secret truth that they are the only one smart enough to see, though. ("Am I out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong.")