I try to imagine every possible way that conversation could continue and every single one of them was more depressing than getting myself to shut up then and now, which was also bad but like, least bad in context
I usually avoid doing it with politics since it's pointless to argue about people's religious beliefs. I'm still easily drawn into long arguments with idiots though. The main reason is it bothers me that they're misleading other people. It doesn't happen in a private message.