In SC, I've been hit pretty badly (and irrationally) by both
sides of the coin.
At one end, I've been called a 'textbook idiot' for trying to
analyze the effects of the GST hike using Keynesian macroeconomic
theory.
At the other end, I've been accused of being anti-Christian.....
all because I described a falling tree branch as an 'Act of
God'.

Har?! How can an 'Act of God' end up being
anti-Christian?
Anyways, those people are terribly irrational and illogical.
I don't even bother stepping in.
I
don't tolerate fools well. 
No wonder you left them and came over instead. You're very
welcome here, we're happy to have you, and we think that you're a
good kid and we should have more in the younger generation emulate
you. 