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.
No, sir, that’s not cheating. A GOP legislature drawing a majority of seats for itself is simply not cheating. It is exercising its rightful power to do so for the benefit of the majority voting preferences of its constituents. If we did it your way, and unnecessarily cede power to the opposition, we’d find ourselves in the permanent minority.
“Cheating” would be running an election and seating the loser if they were on our side.
I notice you ignored my examples of Arizona and California with its “fair and impartial” (sic) “Independent” redistricting boards.