I hear what you’re saying, and I understand it. Hell, I don’t want to move to a state that’s full of New Yorkers either. But what most people don’t realize is that there are a lot of New Yorkers who are very conservative, and we’ve been banging our heads against the wall for years. We stay for a variety of reasons - my main reason is that my parents are elderly (I hate writing that) & I don’t know how much longer they’re going to be around. They still live in Central NY (which my conservative father loves), and I want to remain nearby. Right now, they’re a fairly short drive away. But last night’s action really was the last straw for me - planes fly into Central NY too.
A lot of conservative New Yorkers DO try to make a difference. We call & write our “representatives”, we volunteer for conservative campaigns, we attend town hall meetings, we protest (my husband & I drove to DC for the March for Justice in the late ‘90s & the Tax Day Tea Party protest a couple of years ago, we’ve protested locally, and we’re heading to Albany this Saturday for the Guns Across America rally. Which, incidentally, can no longer help NY - but we’re trying to make our voice heard on a national level, for the remaining states that still have a chance.)
I know we all look alike, but please don’t automatically lump us in with the idiots who have destroyed this state. There are more of us than you realize, but we’re dwarfed by the huge population in NYC.
When does the Guns Across America rally start in Albany?
Hear, hear, Trapped!
I could have written this very post, but in our case, we’re waiting for our oldest to finish one more year in high school.
After that? We’re OUTTA here.
Regards,
TIN, I can’t imagine your distress. Trying to weigh your responsibility to your parents against dealing with an out-of-control leftist political structure has got to be an absolute nightmare.
Is there any chance your parents may decide to move, rather than stay in an area where freedom loving people are hopelessly outnumbered?
There’s not exactly a lot I can do about liberal northerners moving here or any other red state for that matter. It’s sure not perfect here but I think you would like it. Ga, Tx, Tenn lots of great places and some communities are extremely conservative you just have to do a little research.
But, I don’t know, the entitlement mentality is pretty hard to overcome. I’m pretty sure in the next 30 years or so the takers will have their way and I’ll be in the minority here.
The Constitution has been “the peoples” only protection against a tyrannical government and when folks decided it doesn’t say what it says in plain language then that was the beginning of the end of our Republic