Good quote. I upvoted.

However, if you'll pardon my soapbox...

Irrational people CAN be reasoned with. When you argue with someone, your facts and reasoning percolate into their subconscious. When you raise up points that other people can't respond to, and when you absolutely destroy the talking points that they bring up, you plant the seeds of doubt in their mind. They may not immediately give in to their views, and they may never admit that you're right, but you truly can get to people.

If religious people didn't have an ounce of reason inside of them, then Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens would never have scared the religious establishment. The number of atheists in this country would NEVER have doubled since the 1990s if reason didn't penetrate the subconscious.

I don't know about anyone else in this subreddit, but I have argued people down to where they have nothing left to say but "shut up!" in an agitated tone. The fact that they are agitated, and the fact that they have nothing left to say, along with the fact that THEY KNOW THEY HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO SAY, means that you truly left an impact on them. You've given them a germ that will only fester and grow. You've given them self-doubt.

Every little bit of information that I learn in this subreddit is a potential weapon that will wear down their armor. The armor that irrational people wear seems very sturdy, but it's only a facade, and it wears off surprisingly easily. I hope you all remember this.