I shut them up and fast— I tell them I used to be a liberal. Have never found one who went beyond my saying that. They don’t because they know I know their playbook. Never met a conservative who ever became a liberal though. Says something that....
Exactly, It also helps that Liberals see me as a funny, easy going, nice, tolerant and accepting guy (which I am). You can see the confusion in their faces when I let them know, usually with humor, that I am conservative.