Commentary  Probably the worst of the multitude of villainous COVID restrictions came at the expense of churches, the forced closure of their doors. Coupled with this tragedy was the fact that while churches were empty, liquor stores remained open for business. And while this wasn’t true everywhere, in many areas, bars were allowed to open for inside business before churches had been given the green light for pews to be filled. It is not my intention here to speak to the morality of these measures; they speak for themselves. Instead, I would like to paint a picture of how rural socialization in its present condition varies from its past and why this dynamic speaks to our current reality of urban supremacy. We have all likely watched a movie that features a small town with not much to do. The default mode of entertainment, or even coping mechanism for the folks of these towns, then, is …