I was the last one to incite a debate about Hasan on this site, and this was the comment that reframed my thinking positively.
There are multiple levels here. The first level, and first conversion, is actually getting a Leftist foot in the Liberal door to listen to our pitch. To that end, Hasan is the door-to-door salesman that is canvassing for leads, the very top of the funnel. Only some of them will even give him the time of day, let alone listen to his pitch. But a few will, and some of them will move onto the next level where we can go deeper.
That ability to shapeshift is valuable as long as it's broadly done in the service of left principles without compromising on things like genocide.
Absolutely! It's all about knowing your audience. Our goal is still converting them to our ideas, but we can tailor our pitch to things they care about.