Wow, am I ever glad I moved to Canada when I did. I thought the States was f'ed up back then, but it sure hasn't gotten better. Actually, some things have. Marginalized groups have a louder voice and more rights, despite some trying to take those rights away. Groups like the ACLU are fighting corruption and some people are more woke than ever. Some, on the other hand, are showing how ass-backwards they are, and how very many people have resisted evolution on a mass scale (like, you know, racism, and thinking that fighting the government with bullets is a good idea).

The fact that your former community has organized a militia is both sad and unsurprising, considering other things that have gone down there. I can only hope that the more progressive-minded citizens will get out and vote for change that doesn't involve civil war and the massive casualties that would bring.