The Early Church Fathers Foxe's Book of Martyrs Jonathan Edwards. While it may be shockingly new to many American Christians to be looked upon disparagingly, and with suspicion and misunderstanding,such a situation is actually as old as Christianity itself.
Scripture does give instruction in such a situation.
As we can expect this to get worse rather than better in the days ahead, we need to put aside our own feelings and look to Scripture for guidance through such a scenario. To be baited and led by our human passions is to play into the hands of our adversary. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Where the battle rages, there the loyal soldier is proved, and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point. This quote by Luther accurately sets the tone for the importance of the topic at hand.