Let me just say that I talked to 5 women today and 3 of them acknowledged the state of affairs of the world, our nation, state, and local community. All it took was a tiny nudge from me to see what they were aware of.
The biggest challenge here has been the ability for everyone to mostly ignore a lot of the drama and what not. But they are waking up and paying attention!
since i just moved out of the pnw to a midwest town, it's pretty easy. I just talk about leaving the communist state of washington and coming back to America.... Ppl here are not usually liberal (a few zealots of course), but oblivious to the level of evil and too many trust the govt, academia, and medicine.