Re: I have faith in our future.
But if you do respond, then they conclude that they must be on to something, else you wouldn't have bothered.
Sadly true. You usually can't win that particular point. You can always point out the futility of the reasoning: where silence and response both equate to one being "on to something". But silence can have many motives, whereas response can generally only have two: genuine objection, or knee-jerk objection out of fear. Action is usually easier to explain than inaction.
And besides, all other things being held equal, at least you've gotten the objection and the rationale for it out on the table.
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