More power to you, FRiend. But a republic isn’t just dictated by an internet forum. Get out and work for your supported causes, preferably within the party. Yes, it’s imperfect, and, no, you’re not going to get everything you want.
I do and have.... not necessarily just within the party. There ARE political organizations outside the parties, you know. If conservatives are outnumbered and outshouted in this party, then the party will have left us, not the other way around. There are quite a few "Republicans" who believe that they'd be better off without us.
The Republicans don’t own the NRA, for instance.
“Yes, it’s imperfect, and, no, you’re not going to get everything you want.”
Oh, come on, son. I don’t expect “everything” I want. I DO expect a nominee for the Republican Party to somehow reflect the party’s platform. The platform IS why we peons pull the lever, you know. Without that, the party is just a club.
I will NEVER vote for anyone hostile to the United States Constitution. To do otherwise would, in fact, be that “shunning” you mentioned.