That’s your opinion. Either play hardball with a party destroying this country: show no mercy, or let them roll over you. You can’t play fair or nice when the opposition has no rules, only to cheat, steal, win at any cost.
Mind you, I don’t couch this in terms of Democrat vs. Republican, but in terms of Constitutionalist/Pro-Freedom vs. Anti-American/Anti-Constitutional/Fascist-Communist tyranny. We already know one party is the enemy, and I favor just as equally running out the collaborationists in the GOP that share the opposition agenda.
The motivation for the short-stains tht drew this district is not the preservation of the country - it is raw power. Ultimately, the outcome is the same.
You present a false choice: cheat or be rolled.
Cheating to accomplish your goals is destructive, regardless the side you are pushing; and make no mistake, drawing these types of districts is plain cheating, with or without the VRA.