I was born in KY, graduated HS there, and went to university there. I know what you're talking about. The biggest mark that evolution has against it is that the vast majority of it's detractors have a vast repository of false knowledge on the subject. What they need to hear is this:
"Almost everything you think you know about science is wrong. Your 'knowledge' of science and of evolution is not just minuscule - it amounts to anti-knowledge."

If you tell them this, you get the response: "HA! That's what you EVILutionists ALWAYS say!"

Which is correct for the simple reason that it is always true.