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Tbh, if someone is asking questions, that's (kind of) already a good sign - even if in bad faith, at least it gives space for expressing an opposing viewpoint instead of just closing off all the discussion with insults and attacks.
I'm definitely not a fan of insults etc. - at worst, I'd just report it. The issue is that some of these bad faith posts are made by rightwing political activists, those aren't in any way willing to change their point of view and are just binding resources that could be used elsewhere more productively. And if a community is targeted by those types, they can easily destroy it by posting so much that they dominate the feeds.
Yes but the purpose of that is to be banned and get content deleted so they can claim persecution as well. Its a tough thing to balance when getting over run by bots/trolls but you have to remember that the goal is not to change you its to feed a narrative to those they want to convert to their ideologies that they are persecuted and silenced without due consideration, they want to get banned so they can point back to it in a video later and be like see these progressives never engage and just hate, censor and cancel anything they dont agree with, they cant argue with is because they know we are right. Its all bullshit of course but by giving them those examples and banning instead of answering in a calm manner and moving on you reinforce their points to those getting indoctrinated.