Y’all. If you are moved by someone, by someone’s work, by their friendship, anything — TELL THEM. You don’t know how much they might need that ounce of encouragement, to feel noticed, to feel like their efforts are worthwhile.
Accept that you will never be "safe." Once you realize that, the idea of exchanging your individual liberty for a false sense of security seems preposterous.
You can, however, live free.