As a long-time resident of the rural, deep south, I deeply regret the situation you find yourself in.

Similarly, being known as the "local liberal" may have been cute at one point, but <24 hours after the Rittenshhot verdict, some 30 white men had set up a shooting range in the field next to the house where I care for my elderly parents. (Both in their nineties.) The shooting went on from 10:30 AM until into the night.

Now I wait for my beloved Chiquita to not come in some night.

While I prefer not to link to my onw writing, perhaps the urgency of this situation makes unusual demands. (As well, I make ZERO money from writing on Medium. I do it for reasons like this): https://foofaraw.medium.com/south-carolina-is-now-trump-hell-for-liberals-dc5c2926ce7b

The decision to read or not is, of course, yours. And even the death of the thing I love most in all the world won't stop me from wearing progressive messages EVERY time I leave the house.

If the US average of white evangelicals supporting The Killer Wail was 82%, then surely it must be close to 100% in the deep south. Which is exactly the reason I wear messages.

I wish the best to you and your family no matter where you may live.