I’m not going to debate ideology; Budget Player Cadet is already doing that ably. But you’d better be ready to deal with some ribbing. Whether or not you agree with all of the policies of your party, you are tacitly approving of them by associating yourself with them. And there are, to my view, some very backward and anti-democratic (little ‘d’) policies included in that ideology.
My comment was exaggerated for comic effect. I don’t paint every Republican with the same brush, but I also don’t absolve you of responsibility for the more irrational views of your party-mates as long as you vote with them, whatever you think of them.