You’re saying you’d rather choose a meaningless option rather than a harmful one. Except in this case there’s no meaningless option, because the one you deem to be so will inevitably bring to the more harmful one. Unless 80 million Americans suddenly decide to try and “shoot in the mud”, one of your feet is still getting shot.
Is this about pride or about making sure your country doesn’t turn into a fascist stronghold? Because the second one seems more important.