Prove it.
" ridicule, sarcasm and derogatory language are never tactics successfully used by those wanting to convince others of the truth"
You don't for example think ridiculing the Mormons or the Church of Scientology, EVER has the effect of convincing others they are nuts?
" ridicule, sarcasm and derogatory language are never tactics successfully used by those wanting to convince others of the truth"
You don't for example think ridiculing the Mormons or the Church of Scientology, EVER has the effect of convincing others they are nuts?