Then the terrible roads must somehow be the fault of "those libruls', when there's not a liberal in sight as far as the crow flies for a couple of days at least.
There are way too many big words in that sentence for them to have any hope of understanding. You've got to use little words and one concept at a time.
They are not upset that it is neglected. They'd rather they were left alone to do their thing. They feel like they are being attacked, because everyone else is trying to drag them into the 21st century.