You can’t reason with unreasonable people

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Just that really, someone in my intermediate family is unreasonable about everything. No matter how many times you try to reason with them it’s literally like banging your head against a wall and no situation gets resolved. No matter how many people disagree with their opinion. Not even sure how to deal with it anymore and am at wits end whenever I’m dealing with it I feel my head is gonna explode and once I start I won’t stop. Any ideas on how to deal with this type of behaviour would be great.
I appreciate it’s not a lot to go on but due to another thread being picked up by the tabloids I feel like the full story would be to obvious.

Ignore is my only advice. They probably just spend their days being contrary for the sake of it. Don’t let them wind you up, set yourself free because there’s literally nothing you can do to change them.

Stop engaging.

When they say something stupid, reply "that's nice".

Stop fighting to be heard, or be right, or reason or explain.

Let them be, and get on with your life! These types never change.

If someone is incapable of listening to anyone elses opinions and editing their own based on other peoples thoughts and rational arguments from time to time - they are not normal. They are likely some sort of 'disordered personality' type. And i'd not only suggest you stop trying to get them to see sense, but that you just get as far away from them as possible and stay there.

I find a "is that so/right " followed by a little chuckle then "anyway wasn't it sunny/windy/cold yesterday "

I find these answers odd. If the thing they're unreasonably about is some abstract philosophical or political issue, then of course you don't have to engage with them. But it's far more likely that the disagreement is about whether the should be physically, mentally or financially abusing someone. Simply not engaging doesn't solve that problem.

You absolutely can't reason with unreasonable people. I work with someone who will often reverse their argument completely just to make it such that they don't have to concede a point. This person is also insufferably smug which just makes it so much worse. They are also into sophistry and showing off in a big way which is also quite sad but it still really irks me that they somehow think I will be impressed with buzz words and technical terms plucked out of thin air. I try to see the funny side now because it is quite amusing to listen to them tie themselves in verbal knots. Perhaps you could do the same? This is so much easier of course when the person is incidental to you rather than a close family member or someone who has an impact on your life in another way. But you're right there's absolutely no point in engaging (unless you want to to amuse yourself)