Indeed, I'd venture to say that BECAUSE we're surrounded by statists of every stripe - left and right - we possibly have a better appreciation for liberty and why it is important to fight for it when you've got it. Further, at the risk of sounding pompous, there are actually some pretty cool things in these areas: Manhattan and Boston are pretty awesome places, the diners in NJ are top-notch, and a drive I once took in San Luis Obispo along the coastline was one of the most beautiful drives I ever had.
I heard of people in the 1930s and 1940s in Nazi-occupied territories fighting the enemy, getting captured, and then upon escaping not running away but going BACK to their home and fighting. To be sure, we're not at that point in the US and I'm not putting us on the same level as those heroes...but I'd like to think that a few Deplorables in occupied territories probably have more impact on the margins than people think.
Will our states go Red in 2020? Maybe not. But then nobody thought Trump could turn PA Red. Ya gotta believe.
Yes, DoodleBob, we in blue states know the nature of the Dems far better. We know they are like junkyard dogs who will not honor a deal. Maybe that’s why Trump, as a native New Yorker, has been so successful. He’s lived among them all his life as well.
It would be nice to be in the majority. At the gas station recently, I was behind a car with Trump and other conservative bumper stickers. I told the driver I liked them, and she said it was her boyfriend’s “Trumpmobile.” The local wing-nuts become irate when anyone dares to say they like Trump. They demonize you and call you racist and all the rest. The level of anger and abuse from these individuals can be extreme. There’s a local store owner who I read has a sign in her window that Trump supporters cannot enter. She throws them out if they enter with a MAGA hat or such. Some of them are really quite insane and out of control.
I quit local social media because I got tired of their abuse and unwillingness to acknowledge indisputable facts (such as that Warren is not American Indian). It’s not worth my time.
Twice now, in my work Flagging for SCCA @ the Long Beach Grand Prix, I've taken Amtrak from Oakland to Los Angeles. While it takes nearly 12 hours, the trip along the coast when you get south of SLO is worth the time it takes. The train goes right along the coast through Vandenberg AFB so you can actually view the rocket launch pads, and the coast south of there going into Santa Barbara is beautiful as well. The capper is getting to see Union Station in Downtown LA, and as a senior, the round trip is about $90! Contrast all of it with the completely boring drive down I-5.
As for your comments about being a “deplorable” in CA, you are spot on. I get really tired of these self-serving a$$holes here from so-called “red states” ( where their “homes” likely have wheels) spewing their hatred for California while not really knowing $hit about the place. Furthermore, they are also almost always under the misunderstanding that none of what has happened here will ever touch them, particularly Texans. Texans are living in La La Land if they can't see that their state is doing now exactly what occurred in CA during the “Arnold the Awful’s” final “repubican administration. I hope history proves me wrong, because we certainly need a “red Texas” if the country is to have a chance at survival.
Peace DoddleBob, people need to see that conservatives are in this fight together, and that these internecine fights between people of various states is exactly what the RATs are counting on to complete their takeover.
Exactly.
NJ has some good diners.
NJ still has conservative areas (Ocean, Monmouth, Morris, parts of Essex, Burlington)
Well said.