Mmm, I don’t think it’s bad to argue someone on their own terms, just useless. Take religion. How many people will argue with religious people, “Hey, those bible verses you’re quoting don’t mean homosexuality, they mean hospitality” or whatever. You don’t have to be religious to make that argument, you’re just trying to reach some dumbfuck where they are. Now the efficacy of that, good luck. But it doesn’t mean you share the same core beliefs.