“Using the term RINO (Republican in name only) is the usual way to ensure not all Republicans are “dumped on”. RINOs have many common characteristics that they are not afraid to flaunt, to boot. The other term is “establishment”, sometimes written as “GOP-e” for short.”
Don’t be condescending. I know the lingo. Many people are sloppy in the use of it.
Perhaps you’ve not noticed the entrenched shallow thinkers that feel obligated to spout “BOTH PARTIES” when making a criticism of the actions of individuals. Or that all Republicans get bashed as if they all agree with what ever policy the poster is taking exception to. As I said, lumping everybody together just alienates people. Some of the shallow thinkers are downright authoritarian in their perspective, including many so-called Libertarians.
I am a registered Republican. When somebody that also happens to be a Republican makes some statement or takes some action that the aforementioned shallow thinkers don’t like and they respond bashing all Republicans, that’s an attack on me and the millions of Republicans that were not even consulted before being lumped in with the original offender. Not every Republican that disagrees with you is a RINO or GOPe or Establishment or a Swamp denizen. Not every Republican necessarily agrees with the RINO offender of the moment.
Often these things that get the shallow thinkers riled up are legitimate differences of opinion within the spectrum of the Republican outlook. As if said shallow thinkers have the only legitimate view, and anybody that disagrees is a heretic, whether to the left or to the right. I can point out many examples of this.
So please don’t pedantically lecture me on terminology that everybody knows but few strictly apply.