I’m originally from NJ.
There are a lot of conservatives there AND in NY.
It takes more courage to be a conservative in those areas than anywhere else.
Bingo
“It takes more courage to be a conservative in those areas than anywhere else.”
This is correct. The unfortunate part of this statement is that it’s all relative.
NJ will vote along right/left lines but the right is hardly principled.
The people .. every single one of them .. that I have met will not stand up for these principles because of the chances of being arrested in NJ. Buy a box of Hollowpoints if you think you’re courageous.
I’m from Connecticut. This is a great example of the NE “but conservative”. I used to think I was brave hanging out there but I was merely falling in line with the rest of my well disciplined gun-owning brethren. The truth is that I still hid. I still complied. I stopped complying with the state registry laws and saw all those around me claim how brave they were, yet they complied like dogs.
CCDL meetings were gun-free. Oathkeeper meetings were gun-free. The patriot candidates were abandoned because “Oh, someone that far to the right couldn’t even win”. They went centrist. And this happened in all of the neighboring states.
NY and NJ think they are someone they are not. And only noticeable if you’re on the outside looking in.