Amen. I know it is fashionable to bash CA, NJ, NY, MA, IL, HI, and other deep blue states AND the entire citizenry inside. I also know many Deplorables reside in those deep blue areas and yet deep red staters deliver "serves you right" type of "encouragement". Thanks.
As I've written previously, many of us Deplorables behind enemy lines spend lots of bandwidth on FR and elsewhere, explaining that there are a variety of reasons why we're not in Texas or some other deep red state. Maybe it is family, maybe it is a job, maybe it is some situation not within our control. It doesn't mean we are purple RINOs or that we're gun grabbers or abortion lovers...OR that it is right to ship illegals to our neighborhood. Instead of being smarmy MSNBC-types, why not argue for DEPORTATION?
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 (not to mention the homeschooling laws) 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.
Until then, if people could argue for deportation vs redistribution of illegals...