I will sometimes try to deflect, and take an alternative path.

For instance, instead of trying to convince someone that Bitcoin is the greatest thing ever, I might try to argue that inflation is theft. That's also a very important thing to understand, and I think it comes more readily than enlightenment about Bitcoin. I wish I had understood the inflation thing much sooner.

Also, "inflation is theft" doesn't have the whole "crypto is a scam" baggage that Bitcoin does.