A small, steady stream of dissidents is already on its way out at all times.

They usually take *themselves* out. It's not bc somebody rescued them. It's bc they had the resources/lack of attachment to leave, & had developed the critical thinking to navigate their own way out.
It's also such a small number of people as to be effectively meaningless most of the time.

People keep trying to persuade/rescue white supremacists bc it hits their savior complex gspot, not because it's effective. Anybody who leaves was probably already on their way out.
Trying to "rescue" people through "persuasion" is pointless. Conservatism is such an obvious house of cards, it's wild that the secular gentrified white left really thinks it's about "beliefs" at all.
It's about social standing.

Full stop.
You want a sea change? Stop chasing fish & just change the hecking sea already.
The internet is full of forums for people leaving conservative religious groups. If you're really interested in off-ramping people from conservatism, avail yourself of what they already know!

They're super experienced in the practice of huge, personal ideological shifts!
And it just kinda says a lot that the ex-mormon reddit's motto is literally

"We're not here to convince you the church is wrong. We're here to support you when you figure it out yourself."
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