If every Cruz supporter at FR somehow managed to convert every FR Trump supporter, or if every Trump supporter at FR somehow managed to convert every FR Cruz supporter, the outcome of the election would be exactly the same.
But the most rabid members of each of the two warring gangs are so involved with their own personal fantasies and power trips that they are completely unable to see the futility and destructiveness of what they are doing.
They somehow think that just one more repost of an article, a photoshopped picture posted dozens of times, or endlessly reposted screeds randomly salted with giant fonts, bolding, and caps locking will finally do the trick.
But worst of all, they think that just one more insult will convert the unbeliever, and they think that just one more retelling of a lie will turn that lie into truth.
Give it up, people, it’s not going to change anything.
Splitting the conservative base is a brilliant tactic.
Reading what you wrote and that was my first thought...