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<p>When it comes to debating <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-conspiracy-theory-mindset-will-outlive-him">conspiracy theorists</a>, there is a simple but enduring rule—don’t.</p>
<p>The entire exercise is pointless because no matter how many facts you bring to the table—or no matter how much debunking you’re able to do—there are always new tangents and new questions raised. Arguing with a conspiracy theorist is like trying to untangle a ball of yarn that has no end.</p>
<p>That brings us to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-vaccine-zealot-rfk-jr-is-running-for-president-as-a-democrat">Democratic presidential candidate</a> and conspiracy theorist devotee <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-was-always-a-crackpot-he-just-switched-political-tribes">Robert F. Kennedy Jr</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/treat-robert-f-kennedy-jrs-campaign-as-the-dangerous-joke-that-it-is">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters
When it comes to debating conspiracy theorists, there is a simple but enduring rule—don’t.
The entire exercise is pointless because no matter how many facts you bring to the table—or no matter how much debunking you’re able to do—there are always new tangents and new questions raised. Arguing with a conspiracy theorist is like trying to untangle a ball of yarn that has no end.
