I recognise that
Yuwipi Woman .
One of my younger cousins decided that she wanted to push back. She started by joining local educational bodies including the governing body of her kids’ school but that proved to be dangerous in ways that you describe. She’s doing environmental and charity work instead because it’s safer. The local woods /wild places and homeless / drug places. She tries to model alternative attitudes and push certain policies, and little by ,title she’s made a difference, partly by attracting more like-minded people into the groups.
I’m in awe of her determination tbh. She and her husband are increasingly talking about moving away, even to Europe, now that her kids are older.
Her husband tries to influence policy in the downtown building and regeneration policies but again it’s incremental work. They have to be so patient to see any shift happen.
And all the while the Right gets stronger and more bloated