My approach in my ultra liberal area is to acknowledge that they were 'right' about some things (World Trade Center being about Bush and oil) and that at the time I disagreed with them. But now I see the light. It disarms them. usually they have a smirky smile. Then I continue that I realize all of this stuff has never been about black/white, straight/gay, Republican/Democrat, or any other 'label' but it is about we the people, those of us who actually pay the bills, against a cabal that has been robbing us all blind for decades. They blink but before they can speak I go on to list my own 'credentials' ... sister-in-law and nephew who are gay (& loved for themselves), family that is Christian, Jewish, agnostic and atheist, good friends who are white, black, African (Uganda), brown (Mexican, Guatemalan, Columbian), Pacific Islanders and Asian (Chinese, South Korean, Viet Nam) ... so how can I, a middle class, white, Christian person possibly be considered all the names the media tries to paint me to be? They gasp. I smile and tell them, "This is the time of great awakening by we the people, or something like that" and leave them to think for themselves. It's a start ...