Yep. If you really want to try to persuade them don't expect that the harder you push, the more likely you are to succeed. The opposite is true.
Mostly we make decisions based on a gut instinct and then look for evidence to back that up, ignoring or down voting contrary evidence. In fact seeing opposing views can actually reinforce the original opinions.
Changing an opinion routed so deeply is rarely a single moment of revelation and move likely a slow, drop by drop erosion. So just be one of those drops.
You could read Street Epistemology's basics about how to begin discussing it: https://streetepistemology.com/publications/street_epistemol...