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Well sometimes there's mutual ground to be had. It can take ages to find it though...
...a long thread with a Christian who thought it was OK a local minister compared Islam to terrorism led to FINALLY finding some mutual ground that surely religion is about love (well, Christianity is sold like so) and he acknowledged calling people terrorists ain't the way to go.
But it takes a lot of time. So...it can be done, but the question I ask myself: Is it worth it? Usually, no. And some people just want to be convinced that for example there's more foreigners in jail (true) but ignore some details (a lot of woman, because of drug trafficking) that may not suit them.
Surely I can do it too...it can be helpful to have a discussion and discover things on how you react/others react. As you say, it depends on the mood.
I try not to persuade people directly...but my experience is that asking questions can be more fruitful. If people can read that is...some seem incapable of doing so and so as the success rate is low to truly have a conversation instead of a shouting match... :)